Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report articles from March 1994

Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report archives from March 1994

Bay Area satellite office project ends, with many lessons learned. (Bay Area Telecommuting Development Program closing two telecommuting centers)
March 1, 1994... The Bay Area Telecommuting Development Program's (BATDP) two telecommuting centers in the San Francisco area will be closed sooner than expected, according to a February 18 announcement from BATDP project manager Paul Hirsch. The centers, which...

Massachusetts launches telecommuting initiative, with plans to include at least 400 telecommuters. (Massachusetts Energy Plan calls for telecommuting demonstration project)
March 1, 1994... At a February 3 news conference, Massachusetts Governor William Weld and other state officials announced plans for a telecommuting demonstration project described as the "first state project to evaluate the economic, environmental, and...

Earthquake follow-up: Los Angeles Telecommuting Partnership mounts comprehensive program to break through employer indifference.
March 1, 1994... Last month I reported on the role of telecommuting in the recovery after the Northridge earthquake in the Los Angeles region. I was critical about what was--or wasn't--happening to encourage a substantial role for telecommuting as an antidote...

Australian union breaks ground with telecommuting award. (Public Sector and Broadcasting Union wins Australian Industrial Relations Commission establishing interim telecommuting policy)
March 1, 1994... The Public Sector and Broadcasting Union (PSU) won a decision from the Australian Industrial Relations Commission on February 14 that sets forth the terms under which PSU members and their employers can set up telecommuting arrangements. This...

Company terminates employee for refusing to move office to his home, citing "standard policy". (Perkin-Elmer Corp. in Anchorage, Alaska)
March 1, 1994... A field service employee with the Perkin-Elmer Corp. was fired from his job in December because he refused to move his office into his home from rented office space in Anchorage, Alaska. Despite having been made what seemed to be a reasonable...

Japan's MPT policy includes encouraging views on remote work and decentralization. (Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications)
March 1, 1994... The slow but continued progress in promoting telecommuting and remote work in Japan that has been developing in the last five years will apparently get a boost from a policy statement issued by Japan's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications...