Topic
Telework
136 published works
The Employer Handbook Blog
Return to Office Doesn’t Mean Return to “No”: What Private Employers Can Learn from the EEOC’s Telework Guidance
Remote work policies are tightening. But the Americans with Disabilities Act did not disappear when companies decided the office feels collaborative again. Last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity…
Texas Employment Lawyer
5 Surprising Truths About Working From Home as a Reasonable Accommodation
The shift to remote and flexible work has reshaped the modern workplace. For many, working from home is a perk governed by company policy. However, for employees with disabilities, the…
California Public Safety Labor Blog
PERB Upholds the Bargaining Rights Over Telework & Return to Office Policies
By Mastagni Law
On May 8, 2025, the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) issued an important and timely decision in Professional Engineers in California Government v. State of California (Department of Transportation) (Case…
California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog
Governor Newsom’s Executive Order and the Future of Teleworking
On March 3, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-22-25 mandating that all state agencies and departments under his authority implement a hybrid telework policy with a minimum of…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Working for Workers … From Home? Ontario’s Working for Workers Five Act, 2024 and Telework
Quick Hits The Working for Workers Five Act, 2024 amended the Occupational Health and Safety Act’s (OHSA) definition of “industrial establishment” to exclude any office in a private residence. However,…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Employers May Not Require Permanent Telework as a Reasonable Accommodation
By Anne Hall
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently ruled that an employer may not require an employee to telework from home as a reasonable accommodation for their disability…
Global Workplace Insider
Un télétravailleur résidant à l’extérieur de la province peut être représenté par un syndicat accrédité au Québec – Décision récente surprenante du TAT
Introduction Lorsqu’un syndicat souhaite représenter certains employés chez un employeur, il doit d’abord transmettre une requête en accréditation au Tribunal administratif du travail (le « TAT ») puis démontrer qu’il a l’appui…
Employment Law Worldview
Work is Where the Tax Is: Navigating the “Convenience of the Employer” Rule (US)
By Sierra Williams, Jeffrey Levin
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March of 2020, teleworking has been at the forefront of work-life-balance conversations and has become an increasingly popular option for employees. Not…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Employers With Operations in Mexico: The Countdown for Complying With the Telework Health and Safety Standard Has Begun!
By Publisher, Natalia Merino Moreno
Quick Hits Telework health and safety provisions under the NOM-037 will become enforceable as of December 5, 2023. Effective December 5, 2023, the Labor Ministry may start conducting inspections to…
Wage & Hour Developments
Arizona District Court Finds Denial of Temporary Telework Not an Adverse Employment Action
By Jill L. Ripke, Paul Smith, Kristine Beaudoin, Chandler Smith, Perkins Coie
Recently, in Matthews v. City of Tempe, 2023 WL 6880652, the Arizona Federal District Court considered whether an employer discriminated against a former employee when it denied him an opportunity to…