Telework & Work at Home Resources
WORKshiftcalgary.com is your source for telework and work at home research and resources.
Download the WORKshift Overview
What does a WORKshift pilot include?
Participating companies are able to test world-class onboarding, tracking and training components that make implementing a telework program fast and easy.
WORKshift provides a free telework management tool (Teletrips) that enables you to identify the right employees for telework, establish organizational benchmarks, onboard employees (the tool includes handy policies and agreements), and train (e-work) and manage your new teleworkers. Have a look at this demo for more information.
View the Telework Management System demo
WORKshift also provides a web tool to track and report on the positive environmental and financial impacts associated with your telework implementation. View our tracking demo for a sneak peek.
VIEW THE Tracking and reporting telework Demo
Links:
Our good friends and partners at the Telework Research Network have some of the most comprehensive studies and data on the WORKshift topic and trends from around the world.
Link to Telework Research Network Whitepapers
Link to WORKshift Canada: The Bottom Line on telework
Can IT improve work-life balance? Evidence from a Chinese field expirement
Telework 2011: A WorldatWork special report
The state of telework in the U.S. - Kate Lister and Tom Harnish, Telework Research Network
Robyn Bews, Calgary Economic Development speaks to the "Make it Good" group on creating a healthy workplace
Telework Research Network on behalf of Citrix Online: The Dollars and Sense of Workshifting
AllStream - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of Teleworking
Alberta WCB Telecommuting Fact Sheet
Workshifting Benefits: The Bottom line
This new white paper from the Telework Research Network provides a quantitative synthesis of the potential benefits that regular telecommuting can offer companies, employees and communities.
From WebWorkerDaily: How to Develop a Corporate Telework Pilot Plan
Trendhunter Magazine investigates the video-conference-friendly "half-suit".
Learn more at Trendhunter Magazine
IT Business Edge has a webinar and telecommuting calculator to help you understand the potential positive bottom line impacts of a telework program.
View the Workplace Flexibility as a Business Strategy Webinar
View the IT Business Edge Telecommuting Calculator
WorldatWork publishes Telework Trendlines 2009, the latest in a set of longitudinal data collected by the Dieringer Research Group.
An overview of telework considerations, policies and guidelines as recommended by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety for ensuring the health and safety of employees while working at home.
Learn How to Create a Safe and Healthy Telework Space at Home
A sample checklist for reviewing telework proposals
Is your organization prepared in the case of an emergency or event? Assess your readiness and start thinking about an action plan.
VIEW THE Business Interuption Risk Assessment
The Top 10 Strategies for Managers of Mobile Workers - by Terrence L. Gargiulo, President, Makingstories.net
LEARN HOW TO ManagE a mobile workforcE
Helpful hints on how to convince your boss you should telework.
LEARN How to convince your boss
Further Reading:
Connecting and Engaging Teams in a Distributed Workforce
Future of Work
by James Ware (Author), Charles Grantham (Author), The Work Design Collaborative, LLC
GROWING THE VIRTUAL WORKPLACE: The Integrative Value Proposition for Telework
The Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary
by Alain Verbeke (Author), Robert Schulz (Author), Nathan Greidanus (Author), Laura Hambley (Author)
