Remote Work

The Telework Enhancement Act defines 'telework' or 'teleworking' as a work flexibility arrangement under which an employee performs the duties and responsibilities of such employee's position, and other authorized activities, from an approved worksite other than the location from which the employee would otherwise work." In practice, telework is a work arrangement that allows employees to have regularly scheduled days on which they telework and regularly scheduled days when they work in their agency worksite. In contrast, remote work is an arrangement in which an employee, under a written remote work agreement, is scheduled to perform his or her work at an alternative worksite and is not expected to perform work at an agency worksite on a regular and recurring basis. A remote worker’s official worksite may be within or outside the local commuting area of an agency worksite. For more information on this topic, please visit https://www.telework.gov/, the official website of the Federal Government's telework program. Additional policy guidance can be found in OPM’s 2021 Guide to Telework and Remote Work in the Federal Government see: https://www.telework.gov/guidance-legislation/telework-guidance/telework-guide/guide-to-telework-in-the-federal-government.pdf.