More employees are keeping jobs at home
Posted April 2, 2007
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More of the state’s labor force is working regularly from home, with more employers encouraging telecommuting because it enhances productivity and decreases traffic congestion, a new survey has found. The survey, released last week by the state-funded Telecommute Connecticut, notes an 86 percent increase in telecommuting since December 2001, with nearly one in four such workers beginning to do so in the past six months. Telecommuting has many environmental benefits, Stimolo said. Based on the number of telecommuters found in the survey, the distance from their workplaces and the number of reported telecommuting days, the increases result in about 540 million fewer miles traveled each year and a savings of 28.6 million gallons of gasoline. |
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