Paperless Telecommuting
Much has been said and written about telecommuting in the past decades, and the number of people who work from home has increased dramatically, and will continue to increase, because of the trends outlined earlier. A telecommuter replaces his/her daily commute to the workplace with electronic communication, through the phone and Internet. While many telecommuters have dedicated home offices from which they perform work tasks, some telecommuters, called nomad workers, perform work tasks from any number of locations such as cafés, bookstores and libraries.
While telecommuting has been promoted by many organizations and enterprises, it is also associated with some disadvantages, both for the employer and the employee. To some degree, these criticisms have hampered the implementation of telecommuting programs. But these points of disadvantage, in many cases, can be resolved through paperless practices with Information & Communication Technology ICT devices and software. Going paperless will facilitate many aspects of telecommuting, and I will address some of these here.




