Posts Tagged 'mobile workforce'

Using Personal Smartphones at Work: Pandora’s Box – or Trojan Horse?

Given that there are now more mobile devices in U.S. than there are people (CTIA puts wireless market penetration at 103.9%), it’s clear that mobile phones are everywhere – especially in the workplace. Providing employees with company-owned phones means the company’s IT managers can control which phones employees use, and what employees do with them.  [...]

ATRI Recommends Alternative Method for Improving Trucking Safety

What if I told you that fatal truck crashes are at their lowest level in modern history?  Sounds like good news, right? Well, what if I told you that the fatal crash level has been the same (essentially unchanged) for the past several years?  Sounds like there’s room for significant improvement, right? Indeed, according to [...]

How Companies Can Reduce Distracted Driving’s Risks

There’s no question that mobile technology has been a huge boon for business, allowing companies to improve efficiency and productivity.  But mobile technology also presents a serious and growing challenge for employers: managing employee use of mobile devices while driving.  While 1 in 4 adults say they text behind the wheel, more than half of [...]

ZoomSafer at Digital East: A Great Experience, But Not a Four Square Flash Mob

On Monday of this week I had the opportunity to present my company ZoomSafer to 700 digital strategists, marketing types and government contractors all of whom were attending the first annual Digital East internet and marketing conference. I arrived late at the conference just in time for lunch and just after the social media panel.  [...]

‘Smart’phones? How Our Devices Are Changing the Way We Think

My name is Eleanor Jones, and I am a “CrackBerry” addict. And according to a new series on CNN.com, I am not alone in my obsession with my BlackBerry - far from it.  Today, CNN announced a week-long series, Our Mobile Lives, exploring mobile devices’ impact on modern society.  In “Smartphones: Our national obsession,” author John Sutton takes a look at [...]

Could You Really Become Addicted to Using Your Cell Phone?

Common sense – it tells us that when operating a two-ton motor vehicle at speed, we should focus on what we’re doing and stick to the business of driving.  And yet more than 40% of drivers text while behind the wheel- and that’s just those who’ll admit to it.  Why, in spite of the tremendous risk of [...]

OSHA Comes Out Swinging in Favor of Distracted Driving Employer Policies

It’s official: distracted driving is a prominent and serious threat to employee safety, and the Department of Labor is pulling out the big guns to tackle the problem.  Last week, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced the DOL’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will partner with the Department of Transportation for a new initiative combating distracted driving.  Sec. Solis [...]

DSWW Day 4: Fixing Commuter Woes Will Help Reduce Distracted Driving

Yesterday, I stressed the importance of creating and administering corporate cell phone use policies to mitigate the risks and liability inherent in employee mobile phone use.  Today, I’ll address one of the big stumbling blocks corporations can expect to encounter when implementing restrictions on employee cell phone use: the inevitable resistance of a modern, mobile workforce. This is a [...]

DSWW Day 3: Use Technology to Prevent Distracted Driving

Now that you’ve identified distracted driving as a threat to your company, your next step is finding an effective method for managing employee cell phone use while driving.  But how? NETS recommends you investigate existing technological solutions for reducing distracted driving for day 3 of Drive Safely Work Week.  Option #1: Encourage employees to change their voicemail [...]

DSWW Day 1: ‘Paper’ Laws and Policies Are Only the First Step

Today is the first day of Network of Employers for Traffic Safety’s (NETS) annual road safety campaign, Drive Safely Work Week.  This year’s focus is distracted driving and the risks and dangers it creates for employers, employees, and the public. NETS has put together a free toolkit of activities and materials for employers – each [...]

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