[LINK] Why is the Australian Government Teleworking Policy just for ICT?
Tom Worthington
tom.worthington at tomw.net.au
Mon Feb 1 08:42:39 AEDT 2010
The Australian Government Information Management Office has released a
"Whole-of-Government Tele-working Policy for ICT Staff":
<http://www.finance.gov.au/e-government/strategy-and-governance/docs/Tele-working_Policy_for_ICT_Staff.pdf>.
The teleworking p[olicy sets out the responsibilities of the agencies
and the employees. All agencies are required to prepare an
implementation plan, or decide to opt out by 30 June 2010. Plans must be
implemented by 1 January 2011 and agencies have to report progress
annually with metrics.
The appears well thought out, for example allowing for staff to work at
telecentres, as well as at home. One curious aspect of this policy is
why it only applies to ICT staff. The ICT staff are employed under the
same conditions as other Australian public servants.
The policy is a relatively brief 9 page document. Unfortunately this has
been provided a PDF file, so here is a translation into HTML:
<http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2010/01/australian-government-teleworking.html>.
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Tom Worthington FACS HLM, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150
PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au
Adjunct Lecturer, The Australian National University t: 02 61255694
Computer Science http://cs.anu.edu.au/people.php?StaffID=140274
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