Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report articles from May 1992

Telecommuting Review: the Gordon Report archives from May 1992

Telecommuting and child care: a case study in short-sighted management. (Telecommuting Applications)
May 1, 1992... If you want an example of how employers do crazy things, and how employees collude with that craziness, here's a one-person case study to consider. A woman I'll call Jane called me two weeks ago and said she has been working as a...

Reaching out across state lines for "tele-taxes." (state taxes on telecommuting from a different state) (Legal and Regulatory News)
May 1, 1992... This is a story about how existing state tax laws appear to get in the way of telecommuting--and an example of how regularions can get out of step with the times. As i11ogical or unfair as the problem might seem, it may not have a solution...

Union policy on home work needs review, says researcher. (Kathleen Christensen, City University, New York, NY) (Employee Relations News)
May 1, 1992... Last month's interview with CWA president Morton Bahr was well received by TR readers, judging from the number of you who called me-calls, by the way, for which I am always grateful whether you call to critique or compliment. One call came from...

Coming soon: the virtually real office. (Product and Service News)
May 1, 1992... NOTE TO READERS: This section includes general information on products and services that facilitate or are relevant to remote work. Any products and services mentioned by name are not being endorsed or recommended by Telecommuting Review. ...

Radish Communications sprouts a new product. (Radish Communications Systems Inc.'s VoiceView telecommunications equipment) (Product and Service News) (Product Announcement)
May 1, 1992... The good news about ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) is all the wonderful things it will do when it arrives at your local telephone company. The bad news about ISDN is that, for most of us, it's not likely to arrive anytime soon. In...

California planned community will link cable and phone networks - Eaglecrest revisited? (Sutter Bay, CA; Eaglecrest, the first planned telecommuting community) (Real Estate and Office Space)
May 1, 1992... Maybe it's something in the air in Northern California. Or maybe it's the heritage of the gold rush that took place in the area in the mid- 1800s. Or maybe it's just that great ideas take time to come together. For whatever reason, there's a...

Congestion pricing demonstration sought for California. (Traffic and Transportation)
May 1, 1992... [Ed. note: Because the reduction of traffic congestion-and related air quality problems--is becoming more and more important in the field of telecommuting, this new section is being added to Telecommuting Review to include articles that have...

European Telework activity is picking up. (telecommuting) (International Highlights)
May 1, 1992... After several years of sporadic interest in telecommuting (or telework as it is commonly called there), we are starting to see considerably more activity in Europe now. A focal point is the new European Telework Forum (ETF) that is being...

Telecommuting in the United States: letting our fingers do the commuting. (Special Feature: Telecommuting Report by Dr. Patricia Mokhtarian)
May 1, 1992... by Patricia L. Mokhtarian Faculty Associate, Institute of Transportation Studies and Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering University of California Davis, CA 95616 (916) 752-7062; (916) 752-6572 (fax) September 1991 ...