FLOW supports BPO push for work-from-home policy

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FLOW supports BPO push for work-from-home policy

WESTERN BUREAU: ANDREW FAZIO, director of business process outsourcing (BPO) and hospitality, Cable and Wireless Business, a subsidiary of telecommunications giant FLOW, has thrown the company’s support behind calls for a work-from-home policy...

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