Connecticut hopes to reduce costs and perhaps some insanity by expanding telecommuting.
When you read an illustration like this, it really makes sense:
Donna Seresin was driving in circles every day.
Her job at the Department of Environmental Protection required that she travel each day from her home in New Haven to clock in at her office in Hartford — about a 45-minute commute.
She would spend a few minutes at the office, then get back in her car for a 90-minute drive, asking herself, “Why am I doing this? This is insane.”
Seresin, an engineer with DEP, was required to go to her office before heading off to her appointments in Fairfield County, which is a short commute from her home, but a long backtrack from her office.
Luckily for Seresin, the DEP decided in 2009 to begin taking advantage of an existing law that would enable her to work from home before and after her appointments in Fairfield County.
What surprised me was that there was actually a LAW on the books that she could appeal to. If you’re a state or federal worker somewhere who wants to work at home and that fits in somehow with your job, there’s likely already a departmental policy or even a governmental law or regulation that would give you leverage.
Have you checked them out?
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