Telecommuting Agreement

Summary

This template is a telecommuting agreement (also known as a teleworking, telework, work from home, or remote work agreement), a type of hybrid work or flexible work arrangement which employers can use to establish expectations and requirements for remote workers and people working at home during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and more generally. This telework agreement contains practical guidance, drafting notes, alternate clauses, and optional clauses. For guidance on telecommuting agreements, the essential components of effective telecommuting agreements, and practical drafting suggestions and tips, see Telecommuting Agreements: Key Drafting Considerations. For detailed guidance on teleworking agreements, see Telecommuting Employees: Best Practices Checklist. For resources on drafting telecommuting policies, see Telecommuting Policies: Key Drafting Tips. For an annotated telecommuting policy, see Telecommuting Policy. For a template allowing employees to request working remotely and to help employers document their employees' requests, see Telecommuting Request Form. For annotated indemnification agreements, see Employee Release, Liability Waiver and Indemnification Agreement, Employee Release, Liability Waiver and Indemnification Agreement (FL), and Employee Release, Liability Waiver and Indemnification Agreement (IL). [>] Video: For a substantive practice video highlighting employer issues and best practices regarding telecommuting, see Telecommuting Video. For a policy on best practices for conducting video calls, see Video Teleconferencing Policy (with Acknowledgment). For guidance on a wide variety of COVID-19 legal issues, see Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resource Kit. For a resource kit focused on employees returning to work and broken up by key employment law topics, see Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resource Kit: Return to Work. For tracking of key federal, state, and local COVID-19-related Labor & Employment legal developments, see Coronavirus (COVID-19) Federal and State Employment Law Tracker. Also see state and federal COVID-19 legislative, regulatory, and executive order updates from State Net, which are available here. For recent key Labor & Employment legal developments that may impact this content, see the Labor & Employment Key Legal Developments Tracker (Current).