Labor & Employment Law

Working from Home: Some Thoughts for HR

With the price if gas inching north again and the recession upon us, more and more employees are working remotely.  While the availability of technology provides the tools to enable many of us to work at home, it will not work for all of us.  The fact that it will not work for all of us really has nothing to do with technology - it's us.  For those HR practitioners in the throes of evaluating work-at-home arrangements, the following are some considerations to explore with your employees (and their managers) who are advocating to work at home which should raise flags about the ultimate effectiveness of the arrangement:

1. They are dependent on face-to-face interaction when acquiring information.
2. They are afraid of technology.
3. They need supervision to get things done.
4. They equate busy-ness with productivity.
5. They are not organized.
6. Their work ethic is largely dependent on moods.
7. They can't say no. Teleworking requires the ability to prioritize ruthlessly.

Thanks to Web Worker Daily for these great considerations.

Full post as published by Strategic HR Lawyer on September 21, 2009 (boomark / email).