Telework's Accommodating
Telework as a optimal option to balance work and life events.
The idea of working from your home to balance work and life events attract many individuals who crave the idea of being in an environment where they comfortable of their surroundings, have limited distractions from co-workers and can focus on their work. The word “telework” emphasized the concept of work activities in which a worker regularly performs officially assigned responsibilities at home or other sites geographically convenient to the residence of the employee (Vega and Anderson, 2015). Some noted benefits to telecommuting include lower absence days, improved morale, reduced overhead, attraction of a wider talent pool, more schedule flexibility, and fewer distractions …show more content…
Aside from the conventional benefits of telework, it can be more accommodating for individuals with disabilities as it produces increased job satisfaction, accommodation for disability, increased work-life balance, and enhanced social capital (or decreased social isolation) are some of an employer’s relevant measures of telework’s efficacy for people with disabilities (Moon, Linden, Bricout and Baker, 2014). Telework can increase the range of jobs for which people with disabilities are capable; alleviate many of the limitations related with transportation and the physical characteristics of the workplace environment; and permit active employee interactions in a non-proximate setting. Policy resolutions need to be established based on experimental research to better understand the complexities of telework for people with disabilities, outreach efforts to educate and endorse provisions beneficial to both employer and employee, and interventions to mitigate barriers to social inclusion and mobility for teleworkers with disabilities (Baker, Moon and Ward, 2006). Many individuals with disabilities have the desire and competences to work from their homes. A majority with good job skills and a strong work ethic. Increasing the availability of telework for unemployed individuals with a disability in the United States alone would save employers between $48 billion and $96 billion dollars annually 12 in reduced short- and long-term disability payments, workers compensation, and personnel replacement costs (West & Anderson,
The idea of working from your home to balance work and life events attract many individuals who crave the idea of being in an environment where they comfortable of their surroundings, have limited distractions from co-workers and can focus on their work. The word “telework” emphasized the concept of work activities in which a worker regularly performs officially assigned responsibilities at home or other sites geographically convenient to the residence of the employee (Vega and Anderson, 2015). Some noted benefits to telecommuting include lower absence days, improved morale, reduced overhead, attraction of a wider talent pool, more schedule flexibility, and fewer distractions …show more content…
Aside from the conventional benefits of telework, it can be more accommodating for individuals with disabilities as it produces increased job satisfaction, accommodation for disability, increased work-life balance, and enhanced social capital (or decreased social isolation) are some of an employer’s relevant measures of telework’s efficacy for people with disabilities (Moon, Linden, Bricout and Baker, 2014). Telework can increase the range of jobs for which people with disabilities are capable; alleviate many of the limitations related with transportation and the physical characteristics of the workplace environment; and permit active employee interactions in a non-proximate setting. Policy resolutions need to be established based on experimental research to better understand the complexities of telework for people with disabilities, outreach efforts to educate and endorse provisions beneficial to both employer and employee, and interventions to mitigate barriers to social inclusion and mobility for teleworkers with disabilities (Baker, Moon and Ward, 2006). Many individuals with disabilities have the desire and competences to work from their homes. A majority with good job skills and a strong work ethic. Increasing the availability of telework for unemployed individuals with a disability in the United States alone would save employers between $48 billion and $96 billion dollars annually 12 in reduced short- and long-term disability payments, workers compensation, and personnel replacement costs (West & Anderson,