Communication with the regular work place is maintained by telephone, or sometimes by computers or FAX machines, instead of physically traveling to the office. The principle behind this alternate work style is that the employer is paying to get the work done, as opposed to paying for time spent at a location. The State is interested for many of the same reasons other employers are interested. The average reported increase is twenty percent. Cost Effectiveness Employers report decreased turnover and absenteeism, along with space and energy savings.
Employers can take advantage of off-peak equipment use.
The employee who is too ill to come to work full time or injured may be able to work at home a few hours each day. Air Quality Telecommuting reduces commuting, which translates into less pollution and less traffic congestion. Commuting is frustrating, stressful, and expensive. Time could be better spent on work. Energy Conservation Telecommuting reduces our dependency, as a society, on fossil fuels.