Work From Home Handbook

The Work From Home Handbook is a life-saving resource for anyone with a horrendous commute, anyone who wishes for a flexible schedule or more time with family--anyone who dreams of going to work in pajamas. Co-produced with USA TODAY, this book incorporates the advice of two top attorneys with articles and statistics from The Nation's No. 1 Newspaper. Readers will learn to choose the work-from-home career option that best suits their personal, financial and professional goals. The Work From Home Handbook provides systematic, step-by-step advice on how to attain an ideal work situation, whether it's:Working from home full or part-time Negotiating telework options How to adopt, adapt telecommuting lifestyle Working from home is an idea whose time has arrived. Seventy-nine of Fortune Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" last year allowed - even encouraged - employees to work from home at least 20 percent of the time. More than two- thirds of all American companies offered some telework options in 2005., And the country's largest employer - the U.S. government - encourages employees to work from home "to the maximum extent possible."