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Blog, Teleworking

Years ago, telecommuting seemed like a rare privilege offered to a few, until the COVID-19 pandemic forced businesses to reevaluate how to stay afloat. What started as a Band-Aid solution…
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Blog, Teleworking

Interested in teleworking, but aren’t sure if your job is suitable for it, ask yourself the following questions? Do you take work home with you in the evenings? Do you…
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Blog, Teleworking

As the nation, Virginia and the Middle Peninsula region started reacting to the COVID-19 crisis in the spring of 2020, many employees found themselves working from home – teleworking and…
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Blog, Teleworking

Are you thinking about asking your boss if you can start teleworking, and even more so, wondering if you are cut out for it? Thanks to Telework!VA and its resources,…
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Blog, Employer Resources, Teleworking

Thinking about implementing a telework program at your company? Perhaps you’re an employee and considering asking your boss for permission to telecommute a few days a week. A tried-and-true best…
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Blog, Teleworking

Telecommuting. Teleworking. Whatever you call it, it’s more than just working from home. “It takes self-discipline, self-motivation and effective time management skills,” advises Telework!VA. Want some tips for setting up…
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Blog, Teleworking

So you’re driving over an hour each way to get to work each day…just to sit at a computer that you also have at your house. You’ve seen other friends…
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Blog, Employer Resources, Teleworking

Officially speaking, to telework is to work at any alternative location other than your central worksite, on a full or part-time basis during the time when you would normally be…
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Blog, Teleworking

“Good manners reflect something from inside – an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self.” -Emily Post Emily Post probably wasn’t thinking about teleworking when she said…
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Blog, Carpooling

It would be easy if the only cost of commuting to and from work was the cost of the fuel itself. You could just look back over a year’s worth…
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MidPenRideShare is a free service operated by the Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission for residents, workers, commuters, and tourists in Virginia’s Middle peninsula (Counties of Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Mathews, and Middlesex and the towns of Tappahannock, Urbanna, and West Point).
The Commission has partnered with the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) and their Virginia-wide ConnectingVA program to provide free ridematching to find carpools, vanpools, and all forms of public transportation, trip planning, and information on park-and-ride lots, bike share services, electric vehicle charging stations, and rewards.