Commuter Challenge I Telework

Can you think of one good reason your employees
should telework?

How about lots of them?

The truth is that many businesses benefit when the right employees telework. It’s also true that telework—working from home or a location other than the primary place of business—isn’t for every job or every employee.

Some employees who telework do so only occasionally. Others work from home or a satellite location almost every day. Telework is extremely flexible and can be used at your company in any way that best suits your business needs. And it’s a great way to help your employees avoid the stress and high cost of driving to work every day.

You owe it to your business, your bottom line, and your employees to find out if telework is a good fit for your company. These tools will help you get started:

Telework: Good Reasons & Great Tools Workshop materials to help you find out how telework could benefit your company and how to get started. Produced June 2005.

Telework Costs and Benefits An online tool to help your company make informed decisions about telework.

Sample Documents For employers and teleworkers. This section includes teleworker agreements, a selection tool, a teleworker proposal kit, a telework policy template, and customizable art for a promotional flyer and posters.

Case Studies Featuring Washington-area employers. Find out how and why they put telework to work for their organizations.

Telework Readiness Criteria For organizations, employees and managers. Some considerations to guide organizations and managers to assess ideal telework situations.

Frequently Asked Questions Answers to common questions about telework.

Emergency Management A smart addition to business continuity plans, a telework program can form the backbone of your emergency response plan.

Telework Works A short online video. Learn the facts of teleworking and how other local companies are making it work for them. Produced July 2001.