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Telecommuting is an employment relationship whereby employees do not commute to a central office location, but instead work remotely using technology to communicate and share information with colleagues and employers. Telecommuting arrangements often vary depending on the workplace. In some arrangements, employees may never come into a central office. While in others, employees may only telecommute a few days per week or month. Telecommuting can lead to greater employee satisfaction and productivity; however, some employers may find that working frequently outside the office diminishes team building and brainstorming. In addition, allowing telecommuting may implicate certain workplace legal issues. less -

Wage and Hour Around the Corner: From Zoom to Room Staying on Solid Legal Grounds with a Remote Staff or an Office Return

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/11/2025

The rules governing the employment relationship are always changing. Laws creating new employer obligations, technology solutions making work more efficient and more complicated, and rules governing the resolution of disputes...more

UK Labour Government Proposes the Right to ‘Switch Off’

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/10/2024

The United Kingdom continues to see rapid growth in the number of workplaces adopting remote and hybrid work arrangements, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although this new type of work offers many...more

Last call for European cross-border telework

Ius Laboris on 4/4/2024

On 1 January 2024 the EU Framework Agreement on cross-border telework finally entered into force in Italy....more

The COVID Anniversary – Not A Blip but a Sea Change

International Lawyers Network on 3/26/2024

It’s been just over four years since the world shut down for the COVID-19 pandemic. In some ways, it feels like another lifetime, and I believe that’s a trauma response. But a LOT has changed since 2020. I do firmly believe,...more

Fourth Circuit Upholds Employer's Denial of Remote Work During Pandemic

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 2/16/2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic and afterwards, employers have faced a growing number of requests for remote work arrangements based on a medical disability. The Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers to grant...more

Is it Essential I Come Back to My Cubicle? Maybe.

Bricker Graydon LLP on 2/12/2024

Seems like every other day we hear about some company calling employees back to the office. Some go better than others. I am not the first person to say this, but we’re entering and setting up camp in a new era of work....more

Key Considerations for Employers as the Public Sector Grapples with Return to Office

Littler on 1/3/2024

Public sector employers are not immune from the challenges of returning employees to the office. A slew of recent government actions and opposition highlights the challenges public employers face as they try to rein in remote...more

Bringing employees back to the office

Ius Laboris on 11/27/2023

Remote work has proliferated since the pandemic, but now some companies are trying to bring their employees back to the office. What steps might employers need to take? Here we present insights from 18 jurisdictions....more

How Employers Can Navigate Return to Office as Workers Seek Remote Accommodations

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 11/10/2023

Over the past two years, we have received an increasing number of inquiries from clients regarding their return to the office policies. While some workers object to the end of remote work due to lifestyle preferences, others...more

Want employees back in the office?

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 8/25/2023

You have an unlikely ally. A lot of employers are still trying to get their employees to come back to the office, with varying degrees of success. Once an employee loses the commute, and can work with both feet up, take a...more

California Court of Appeal Holds That Unexpected Work Expenses May Be Reimbursable

Epstein Becker & Green on 8/10/2023

The California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District recently issued its opinion regarding business-related expenses in Thai v. International Business Machines Corporation. The Court found that expenses incurred by...more

Requests for Remote Work Accommodations Require Individualized Assessments

Troutman Pepper Locke on 8/7/2023

As more employers are requiring their employees return to the workplace, a recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Oross v. Kutztown University, suggests that employers should...more

Employers May Be Liable For Work-From-Home Expenses

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/21/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Court of Appeal found an employer liable under Labor Code section 2802 for employee work-from-home operating expenses, despite Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2020 stay-at-home order, which precluded...more

Fifth Circuit Weighs in for the First Time Since COVID-19 as to When Remote Work Can Be Reasonable Accommodation

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/12/2023

Fifth Circuit precedent recognizes the “general consensus among courts” that regular, in-person work is an essential function of most jobs. Yet the continued viability of this premise has been in question, given the ability...more

Remote Work Considerations In A Post-Pandemic World

Foley & Lardner LLP on 6/2/2023

The federal government recently announced the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, and the three-year pandemic finally appears to be in our rearview mirror. Originally published in Law360 - June 1, 2023....more

The Littler Annual Employer Survey Report - May 2023

Littler on 5/10/2023

Executive Summary - Widespread economic uncertainty. Evolving workforce expectations. Accelerating use of artificial intelligence (AI). A shifting patchwork of local, state and federal regulations. Numerous headwinds...more

The 4-1-1 on Telecommuting: 3 Tips to Avoid Immigration Hang-Ups

Dickinson Wright on 4/4/2023

The federal government has announced that on May 11, 2023, it intends to permit the Public Health Emergency for COVID-19—declared more than three years ago—to expire. As we look back over the last few years, it is difficult...more

New York’s Convenience of the Employer Rule – New Jersey and Connecticut Respond

Rivkin Radler LLP on 3/1/2023

History is replete with examples of leaders who chose to battle, or who were forced into defending against, enemies on two fronts. Rarely did it end well for the combatant that occupied the middle ground. In a sense, New...more

Today’s Remote Workplace: Navigating Labor & Employment Issues in a Hybrid Environment

Womble Bond Dickinson on 12/2/2022

Remote work already was a growing trend before the COVID-19 pandemic, and that trend rapidly accelerated when the pandemic hit in early 2020. Even as conditions have improved and restrictions have been lifted, many employers...more

Video: Remote and Hybrid Work Policies, COVID-19 Positivity, NLRB/FTC Team Up on Non-Competes – Employment Law This Week

Epstein Becker & Green on 8/4/2022

As featured in #WorkforceWednesday: This week, we look at the business, legal, and tax implications of making decisions on a trend that’s here to stay: remote work....more

Luxembourg AIFMs - Post-Pandemic Teleworking Practices

Goodwin on 8/1/2022

The COVID-19 agreements regarding taxation and social security legislation for cross-border workers working remotely enacted by Luxembourg with Belgium, Germany and France ended on 30 June 2022. What is the legal...more

Remote Work Update in Latin America: Latest Developments

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/18/2022

Remote work regulations are the new reality companies are learning to navigate in recent years. This learning process is not over yet. Throughout the world, countries are still trying to adjust their employment regulations to...more

Revisiting Remote Workforces – They May Be Here to Stay in Some Form

Foster Garvey PC on 5/13/2022

Early in the pandemic, I reported on the widespread newly created remote workforces resulting from stay-at-home orders issued by the governors of most states. In many cases, neither the employer nor the workers were prepared...more

“Can I Keep Working from Home?” – Handling Increased Employee Requests to Telework in the Post-Pandemic Return to the Workplace

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 5/3/2022

As mask mandates have been lifted and COVID-19 infection rates go down, many businesses are using this as an opportunity to welcome employees back to their workplaces. It is expected, and we have already seen, that there will...more

Italy – COVID-19 pandemic: new measures issued by the Italian Government

Hogan Lovells on 4/5/2022

Last 31st March 2022 the emergency period terminated; the recent Law Decree No. 24/2022 provides, among others, the extension of the “simplified” agile work regime and the gradual elimination of the Green Pass....more

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