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Canada
New work at home test program has
government support As Canada considers moving toward making fuel emissions a tradable commodity, companies may soon begin finding even more benefit to allowing their employees to work at home. In test programs currently being conducted in Canada and five U.S. cities, the gas emissions of work-related commutes that never take place are being measured and may soon be offered for sale. Employees who would normally pollute our air every day by driving to and from work are being encouraged to work at home some days. Those employees keep logs of their driving habits, and this information along with the make and model of their vehicle allow the amount of "saved emissions" to be calculated. Companies who allow their employees to work at home then get credit for these saved emissions. In the future the credits can be traded and sold to companies who find themselves unable to comply with environmental regulation. In 1997 the number of teleworkers in Canada was approximately one million. Learn more about this work at home issue
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