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Could You Telecommute From Italy?

On The Job

He worked for 13 months telecommuting from Venic -- no, not Venice, Calif., He argues that if you can telecommute five or 25 miles from your office, why can't you telecommute from another part of the world? He began telecommuting one day a week then eventually increased that to full time. Understand the language.

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Working From Home a Challenge

On The Job

This is followed by the fundraising phone call from the Fraternal Order of Canadian Geese Police; the neighbor wanting to know if we’re having trouble with moles; and the movie rental store informing us we have five movies that are six weeks overdue (oh, crap). Tags: interruptions working from home telecommuting. Put on blinders.

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Is It a Curse -- or Blessing -- To be a Remote Worker?

On The Job

Fay also says some companies haven't set up a way to communicate consistently with remote workers, such as weekly phone calls with managers or Skype interactions with co-workers. That may mean using more instant messaging to stay in contact or scheduling a phone conversation once a day or once a week. People still need to have contact."

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

Hochwarter over the phone. These big corporations that we have erroneously entrusted our lives to have betrayed us by outsourcing our jobs overseas and cutting costs to increase their revenues ultimately at the expense of the middle class working average joe. Can you provide the citation for the Hochwater stuff you discuss?

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2 Big Myths About Work You Need to Ditch

On The Job

Atkins says class action lawsuits related to wage and hour claims outnumber all other class action lawsuits combined. That includes, she says, anything introduced into the work environment with personal handheld devices such as smart phones, which can show videos or photos. State settlements are a little more at $24.4

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