Home Officers, relax

The fell hand of Big Brother will not fall on telecommuters, it turns out. That's right, Mr. part-time real estate agent won't have to shell out for an ergonomic chair.

This was really worrying some talk radio listeners, after OSHA made noises like it was going to protect home workers, many of whom do piecework to make small, labor-intensive doodads like fishing lures and fireworks, not excluding white collar telecommuters. Some fretted that home entrepreneurs would be next. Barcodes on foreheads would soon follow!

Pfft. Like the feds are going to beat up on bidness-owning white collar guys in the current political atmosphere.