Legalities of Telecommuting —Fiorenza

General recordkeeping. Overtime isn’t the only issue. Meal and rest breaks, training time, on-call time, travel time and expenses, all need to be accurately documented and recorded to maintain the employer’s compliance with respect to remote employees.

Don’t Forget Americans With Disabilities Act

Telecommuting has been recognized as a reasonable accommodation that employers should consider for qualified individuals with disabilities in their workplace. Unless an undue hardship is present, employers should generally provide a disabled worker the opportunity to work from home if the essential functions of the job involved could be performed in this manner, but not in the workplace itself.