Telework Resources

There are thousands of pages of telework resources available online. Below are some links to information you might find helpful.

This page includes hyperlinks to sites neither controlled nor sponsored by DRPT, Telework!VA or the Commonwealth of Virginia. Some links may open in a new window.

Telework!VA Resources:

How to Set Up a Telework Program

• Benefits of Teleworking
• Costs and Savings
• Definitions of Telework
• Determining Eligibility
• Evaluating Your Program
• Interdependent Policies
• Jobs Suitable for Telework
• Office Safety Checklist
• Office Setup Suggestions
• Pilot Guidelines Sample
• Pilot Pros and Cons
• Pre-Pilot Survey Sample
• Pre-Pilot Suitability Worksheet
• Safety and Liability
• Security Checklist Sample
• Selection Dos and Don'ts
• Space Utilization Issues
• Successful Teleworker Traits
• Telework Agreement Sample
• Telework Policy Sample 1
• Telework Policy Sample 2
• Telework Policy Sample 3
• Telework Policy Sample 4
• Teleworking and Unions
• What is Hoteling?
• Where Teleworkers Work

How to Sell Telework to the Decision Makers at Your Organization

• Barriers to Success
• Business Case for Teleworking
• Effectiveness Worksheet
• Local Telework Survey
• National Telework Survey

How to Train Teleworkers

• Equipment Checklist
• Flexibility Worksheet
• Red Flags Worksheet
• Setting Up Worksheet
• Task Worksheet

How to Effectively Manage Teleworkers

• Communication Worksheet
• Successful Manager Traits

Telework!VA Case Studies:

• National Head Start Association
• National School Boards Association
• National Wildlife Federation
• CALIBRE

Other Telework Case Studies:

• www.mwcog.org/commuter/Bdy-telework-casestudies.html
• www.teleworkexchange.com/resource-center-case-studies.asp
• Loudoun County Government
• Nova Medical Group

Telework Research:

• Telework research from the Telework Advisory Group of WorldatWork
• Telecommuting research, trends and statistics from Telecommute Connecticut!
• Face-to-Face With Management Reality: A Telework Research Report
• A Guide to Teleworking: The Real Facts on Teleworking and How it Can Work for You
• Measuring the Impact of Workplace Flexibility
• Bringing Work Home: Advantages and Challenges of Telecommuting
• Telework Benchmarking Study:
  Best Practices for Large-Scale Implementation in Public and Private Sector Organizations
• Workplace flexibility revives employees, in and out of the office
• The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown About Telecommuting:
  Meta-Analysis of Psychological Mediators and Individual Consequences (Summary)
• The Telework Conundrum
• The Public Cost of Increased Commuting in Northern Virginia
• Workplace Flexibility:  Employers Respond to the Changing Workforce (Institute for a Competitive Workforce, U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
• The True Cost of Commuting
• George Mason University Research:  Final Report of ITS Center Project: Telework
• Telework Consortium Research
• Advantages to Implementing a Telecommuting Program
• Money, Oil, and CO2 Savings
• Telework in the Information Age:  AeA’s Competitiveness Series
• AeA Competitiveness Series:  Telework in the Information Age

Telework Resource Organizations:

• The Telework Coalition
• The Telework Consortium
• International Telework Association and Council (ITAC)
• Telework Exchange
• Federal Government Telework Information
• Mid-Atlantic Telecommuting Advisory Council (MATAC)

Other Web Resources:

• Commuter Connections (Northern Virginia, Maryland and District of Columbia)
• RideFinders – (Richmond)
• TRAFFIX – (Hampton Roads)

Other State Telework Initiatives:

• Telework Arizona
• Governor's Telework Partnership (Arizona)
  www.valleymetro.org/rideshare/telework/Governors_Telework_Partnership.htm
  www.valleymetro.org/rideshare/telework/GTP_Docs/telewkbr.pdf
• Telecommute Connecticut
• http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=23031a03-7f13-4645-aa73-c7c808018237
• Virginia
• Virginia Department of Taxation
• Georgia Telework Tax Incentive Program
  http://www.etax.dor.ga.gov/inctax/TLP_Teleworking_Tax_Credit_12-4-07.pdf
  http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/02/26/teleworked0226.html
  http://www.cleanaircampaign.com/for_employers/tax_benefits/telework_tax_credit_folder/georgia_s_telework_tax_credit
  http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2005_06/fulltext/hb194.htm
• Oregon:
  http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8VVVN400.html
• Florida:
  http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/496596.html
• Georgia:
  http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/04/25/speaker_0426.html
• Hawaii:
  http://starbulletin.com/2008/04/27/editorial/special.htm
  

Going Green:

• Save the Earth On the Job
• Ten Steps to Green Computing
• National Public Health Week
• Top Practices of Green Businesses
• Saving the Environment by Not Commuting to Work
• Linksys Keen to Get Green
• A Resource Guide for Environmentally Preferable Products
• 39 Ways to Help Save Mother Earth
• AeA Los Angeles Council Blog:  Greening the Workplace with Telework

Telework Blog:

• Web Worker Daily:  What Does the 21st Century Workplace Look Like?
• StellaCommute
• Web Worker Daily
• Telecommuting Diva