Telework Basics

The term 'telework' or 'teleworking' refers to 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. This includes any arrangement where employee conducts work activities during any regular, paid hours, from an alternative location mutually agreeable to the employee and the agency (i.e., home).