Remote Work Resource Center
Compliance and Employee Engagement Guidance and Tools
As an XpertHR survey shows, remote work is now a permanent part of the landscape. To adapt to this "new normal," employers will need to find new and creative ways to recruit, train, engage and manage remote employees, not to mention comply with regulatory requirements that may not have applied to on-site employees. Bookmark this page as your gateway to tools and resources that can help.
Management and Engagement
Engaging Remote Workers
- Employee Engagement Surveys
- Employee Engagement Survey Form
- Engaging Remote Workers
- Employee Health > Workaholics
- How to Improve Employee Engagement
- Improve Employee Engagement Checklist
Managing Remote Workers
- Conduct a Remote Investigation Interview Checklist
- Employee Communications > Communicating Employer Expectations and Work Rules
- Flexible Working
- How to Coach Managers Through Leading Remote Teams for the First Time
- How to Handle Requests for Flexible Work Arrangements
- How to Manage Telecommuters
- Managing Employees in Special Situations > Telecommuting
- Managing Telecommuters - Supervisor Briefing
- Managing a Remote Team - Supervisor Briefing
- Telecommuting Agreement
- Telecommuting Policy
Protecting Trade Secrets and Securing Data
- Workplace Security (Federal) > Remote Access
- Hot Topics in the Financial Services Industry > Remote Work Issues
- How to Protect Trade Secrets When Employing a Mobile Workforce and Telecommuters
Recruiting and Hiring Remote Workers
Payroll, Wage and Hour, and Other Compliance Concerns
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Disabilities (ADA): Federal > Work at Home
- Is an employer required to allow an employee to telecommute because of the employee's disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)?
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- FMLA: Federal > Distribution and Location of General Notice
- If an employee telecommutes, what is considered the applicable work site under the Family and Medical Leave Act?
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
Payroll
- Determine State Income Tax Nexus for Telecommuters Checklist
- Direct Deposit and Payroll Debit Card Laws (relates in part to processing payroll from home)
- Income Tax Withholding Reciprocal Agreements and Other Exemptions by State
- Nexus Issues for Home-Office Workers (includes all the state telecommuting tax agency guidance issued due to COVID)
- Processing Payroll From Home/Disaster Planning
- Taxation of Home-Office Equipment
Wage and Hour
- Acknowledgement Regarding Company Policy Prohibiting Working "Off the Clock" While Working From Home Letter
- Audit Remote Worker Wage and Hour Compliance Checklist
- Business Expense Reimbursement Requirements by State and Municipality
- DOL Opinion Letter FLSA2020-19 (Compensability of Travel Time During Telework Days)
- DOL Field Assistance Bulletin 2020-7 (Electronic Posting)
- Hours Worked
- Meal and Rest Break Requirements by State
- Scheduling Laws by State and Municipality
- Communicate Data Privacy and Security Policies to Remote Workers During COVID-19 Checklist
- Conducting Performance Appraisals During the Pandemic
- Coronavirus Health and Safety > Safe Remote Work Practices
- How to Comply With EEOC Return-to-Work Guidance During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- How to Recruit and Hire During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
- Remote Work
- Remote Work as the New Normal Post-Pandemic
- Remote Worker Survey
- State and Local Leave Laws (covers various temporary state and local laws that address telework)
- On-Demand Webinar: Telework Compliance Issues Amid the COVID-19
