The remote workforce refers to workers who do not work in a traditional office setting but rather from remote locations including home offices. According to a Forrester Research report, 34 million Americans worked remotely in 2013 and by 2016 that number is projected to grow to 63 million. There are several types of remote work arrangements including hybrid employees who work some days in an office and some remotely, full-time remote employees, and outsourced contractors. Employers benefit greatly from remote work arrangements through increased ability to attract and retain top talent, reduced real estate and other costs, and increased productivity from remote employees.

1. WORKING REMOTELY
The story behind the remote workforce revolution.
WHAT IS THE REMOTE WORKFORCE?
TYPES OF REMOTE WORK ARRANGEMENTS
Hybrid
Employee
Full-time
Employee
Outsourced/
contractors
According to a Forrester Research report regarding
the growth of the remote workforce, 34 million
Americans worked in a remote arrangement in 2013.
By next year, 2016, 63 million Americans will work
from home.
THE REMOTE WORKFORCE CONTINUES
TO GROW AT FULL SPEED
The remote workforce is a term used to describe workers who
work outside an employer’s traditional workspace or office.
This can include working from a home office and/or working
from any other imaginable environment (hotel, beach, in transit,
etc.). Common terms used include telecommuting, home, remote,
mobile, virtual, or cloud working.
WHYIS A REMOTEWORKFORCEWORTH
CONSIDERING?
In 2013, 22 percent of the US
workforce worked in a remote
arrangement.
22 43
In 2016, 43 percent of the US
workforce will engage in a
remote work arrangement.
Inthreeshortyears,theremoteworkforcewillgrowby
95%
Workers are not the only party that benefits from remote work
arrangements. Employers are the most significant beneficiary from
adopting such arrangements.
BENEFITS FOR
EMPLOYERS
ATTRACTSANDRETAINSTOPTALENT
ofsmallbusinessownersreport
thatofferingremoteworkoptions
hasassistedtheminhiringor
retainingkeyemployees.
64%
64%
of employeeswouldsacrificepay
toworkfromhome.
72%
of employeessaythatflexiblework
arrangementswouldcausethemto
chooseonejoboveranother.
REDUCESCOSTS, INCREASESREVENUE
$170
billion
wassavedbycompaniesin2011
inrealestatebyallowing
employeestoworkremotely.
wouldbesaved eachyearbycompanies
inreducedabsenteeismassociatedwith
remoteworkarrangements.
$45
billion
ofremoteworkersworkbeyond40
hourseachweekcomparedto28
percentofnon-remoteworkers.53%
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