The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued guidance on the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to employees who telework from home or from another location away from the employer’s facility. The Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) 2023-1,...
In April 2020, the Brookings Institution reported that due to COVID-19, "up to half of Americans are currently working from home, more than double the fraction who worked from home (at least occasionally)" in 2017-2018. While the pandemic is fast-tracking the telecommuting trend, for some...
Before the pandemic, about half of American workers were working from home — more than double the fraction who worked from home at least occasionally in 2017-18. While some jobs just can't be done at home, the pandemic accelerated the trend to telecommuting, and the...