Teleworking
Teleworking Benefits
- To the environment - reductions in rush-hour congestion, vehicle emissions and fuel consumption while improving air quality
- To employers - increased production, more flexibility in the workplace, decreased sick leave, decreased turnover, reduced office space needs, increased organizational skills, improve the bottom line
- To employees - less wear and tear on vehicle, save money and time on commute, improve quality of life (more time with family/friends)
Getting started on a Teleworking program
- Establish a telework coordinator and/or implementation task force.
- Identify and screen positions or employees with job skills that make them suitable for telework and determine their level of interest.
- Determine whether employees will telework from a telework center or be a home-based teleworker.
- Design and implement incentive and a recognition program that rewards employees who successfully telework or managers who effectively supervise telework employees.
- Provide necessary technical support so that technology equipment or connections are not a barrier to productivity.
- Be sure to provide an orientation and on-going training on how to telework successfully.
- Develop company policies and procedures on telework for future use.
For case studies of successful teleworking programs for employers click here.
Helpful links
www.telecommute.org -- International Telework Association and Council
www.nctr.usf.edu -- National TDM and Telework Clearinghouse
www.teleworkarizona.com - Telework Arizona
www.reason.org/ps338.pdf - Telecommuting: The Quiet Success
www.bestworkplaces.org/pdf/telework_07.pdf - Telework Programs
www.telework.gov - Federal Government Telework Program
www.gsa.gov/awa - U.S. General Services Administration