Benefits of a Mobile Work Force
To help you setup a program that supports a mobile work force, this page has some helpful links.
Benefits to Employer
Telework is becoming a commuter benefits program to attract, hire and retain employees in a competitive employment environment.
- Organizations may retain employees who, because they can "work anywhere," may choose to live farther from the worksite.
- When employees don't come into the office two or three days a week, their space is available for desk-sharing which reduces the need for office space or allows hiring additional employees needing additional space. Parking expenses are reduced and limited parking can be shared, lowering company overhead.
- Some qualified potential employees may not be able to drive. With a telework in place, companies can hire these empowered, independent employees because they don't need transportation. The result is a telework staff with higher morale, work ethic and company loyalty.
- Employees put a high value on a flexible work schedule and are more likely to stay. Higher employee retention lowers company recruitment, hiring and training expenses.
- 51% of employees would accept a new a position that offers flextime
- 37% of employees would accept a new position that allows off-site work at least part of the time
- Fifty-seven percent of employees believe they are more productive while working from home, while 38% say they’re just as productive.
According to the State of the American Workforce Report (Gallup, 2017):
- With a flexible schedule, employees can work anytime, anywhere, and without the distractions of the office, employees can be more focused and productive.
- The flexibility of working off-site increases employee quality of life as they avoid the time and frustration of commuting in traffic.
- Teleworking employees spend less on clothes for work, eating out and transportation (including vehicle usage, gas and insurance).
Every day an employee doesn't drive to work benefits the environment. Reducing commute trips and vehicle miles travelled (VMT) helps improve air quality because fewer vehicles on the roads means less tailpipe emissions that contribute to smog and greenhouse gases.
- Studies by the California Air Resources Board in the early months of the pandemic revealed a 20-percent reduction in ozone-forming pollutants and a 50-percent drop in fine particulate emissions.
- (In the first month of the economic shutdown, work-related travel, including commuting, fell 50 percent in Sacramento County, according to a Sacramento Bee analysis of Google Mobility statistics. By early July it had increased slightly but was still 41 percent of miles traveled before the pandemic struck.)
- A study by the Climate Group for the Global e-Sustainability Initiative found that teleworking was at the top of the list of ways an employer can reduce emissions, resulting in a safer and healthier environment for us all. In a study conducted by the State of Washington, the average teleworker saved nearly 28 pounds of carbon dioxide for each day they teleworked.