Telework Basics
Questions and answers
No. Although the Telework Enhancement Act requires Federal agencies to establish telework policies ‘under which eligible employees of the agency may be authorized to telework,’ it does not obligate an employee to participate in an agency telework program. Accordingly, employee participation in a telework program is voluntary. However, once an employee is participating in a telework program that participation will have implications for the employee, such as the expectation that the employee will telework under the weather and safety leave rules.