The document discusses the advantages and barriers of telecommuting for employers, employees, and communities, highlighting quantitative and qualitative benefits such as increased productivity, reduced absenteeism, and cost savings. It presents a telework savings calculator utilized by various organizations to support telework initiatives and outlines employer concerns regarding management, security, and legal implications. Additionally, the document emphasizes the positive community impacts of reduced pollution and traffic congestion due to telecommuting practices.

1. Telecommuting: The Bottom LineKate Lister, Telework Researcher and AuthorJim Ball, Managing Partner, Alpine Access Consulting

2. About Kate20+ Years WAH

3. Author

4. Undress For Success: The Naked Truth About Making Money at Home (Wiley, 2009). Forward by Jack Nilles.

5. Praised by WorldatWork, Telework Canada, Telcoa, and top worklife experts.

6. Telework Researcher

7. 250+ Studies / Interviews

8. Telework Savings Calculator2010 Total Rewards Conference & Exhibition

9. About JimCo-founder Alpine Access

10. Original 100% home-based employee call center

11. 2,800 employees in 35 states

12. Managing Director, Alpine Access Consulting2010 Total Rewards Conference & Exhibition

13. Telecommuting: The Bottom LineThe Benefits

14. Employers, Employees, Community

15. Quantitative

16. Qualitative

17. The Barriers

18. Cultural, Societal

19. Best Practices / Resources2010 Total Rewards Conference & Exhibition

20. Telework Savings Calculator• Used by legislators, community advocates, and Fortune 500 companies in U.S. and Canada to promote telework initiatives • Available for every City, County, Metro Area, Congressional District, State in U.S. • SavingsCompany: Real Estate, Absenteeism, Turnover, ProductivityCommunity: Oil, greenhouse gases, traffic, highway maintenanceIndividual: Gas, auto, food, parking, tolls, clothing, daycare

21. Custom Savings CalculatorTotal # of employees# TeleworkersDays / week they will teleworkAdditionalpeople who could work at homeRoundtrip miles to workRoundtrip commute in minutesOther employee Savings$ per gallon of gas% teleworker offices that are eliminatedCost per kWh of electricityCost/per officeCost of losing an employeeCost of unscheduled absences% Reduction in absences% of employees who quit each year% improvement in retentionAssumed improvement in productivityAverage annual earnings of teleworkersOther company savings % Who could work at home% of people who want to telework% Daily travel reductionParking, Lunch, Work ClothesOther Individual Savings/YearDay Care Costs

22. Telework Savings Calculator - SourcesAmerican Community SurveyBureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Omnibus Household Survey2005 Reason Foundation — The Quiet Success: Telecommuting's Impact on Transportation and BeyondEPA MOBILE6.2 Colliers International 2008 Parking StudyBLS Labor ReviewBLS Consumer Spending ReportCenter for Energy and Climate Solutions / Global Environment and Technology FoundationNational Association of Child Care Resource & Referral AgenciesU.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Household Electricity ReportsNational Highway Safety Administration "Traffic Safety Facts”Federal Highway Administration Traffic Safety DataCushman & Wakefield MarketBeatMatthews and Williams "Telework Adoption and Energy Use in Building and Transport Sectors in the United States and Japan”U.S. General Administrative Services Telework StudiesAmerican Management Associations / AVAYA "Unleashing the Hidden Productivity of your Small Business”CCH Unscheduled Absence SurveyTalentKeepers Employee Turnover TrendsWorldatWork Member SurveysCommuteSolutions.org

23. Telecommuting: The Bottom LineEmployers

24. Telecommuting: The Bottom Line for EmployersProductivity

25. Facilities

26. Absenteeism

27. Attraction / Retention

28. Other2010 Total Rewards Conference & Exhibition

29. Employer ProductivityBusinesses lose $600 billion a year in workplace distractions.Fewer InterruptionsMore Effective Time ManagementEmpowermentFlexible HoursLong Hours

30. Employer: Productivity- Employees admit to wasting two hours a day.- Best Buy’s average productivity increased 35%.75% agree that flexible work increases productivity.

31. Dow Chemical estimates a 32.5% increase in productivity. - IBM study suggests telework employees up to 50% more productive.- Alpine Access, shows 30% increase in sales / 90% reduction in complaints- Over two-thirds of employers report increased productivity for telecommuters.

32. Employer ProductivityWorkers when you need them

33. Employers: FacilitiesMore Efficient

34. More Flexible

35. Scalable

36. Hoteling / Hot Desking

37. Other Costs: parking, furniture, supplies, maintenance, security, janitorial, insurance, taxes, common area, compliance costsEmployers: FacilitiesSun Microsystems saves $68 million a year in real estate costs, $3 million a year in reduced power consumption, and $25 million a year in IT expenditures- Unisys reduced its real estate costs by 87% through telecommuting.- McKesson Corporation’s telework program saves >$1 million a year in RE costs.- The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office avoided $11 million in new real estate expenses through telecommuting and office hoteling (70% of staff telework)- IBM’s 80,000 teleworkers save the company $700 million a year in real estate costs.

38. Employers: FacilitiesYou don’t pay for an employee’s car and maintenance

39. What if you didn’t have to pay for and support their computer and phone?Employers: AbsenteeismTelecommuting has proven to be the second most effective method of reducing absencesStressExposureOccupational / Environmental HazardsDrivingWork While SickMore Satisfied

40. Employers: Absenteeism- 78% of employees who call in sick, really aren’tUnscheduled absences cost employers $1,800/employee per year; that adds up to $300 billion per year for U.S. companies.- Based on AMA data U.S. GSA telework cost/benefit model shows a 63% reduction in unscheduled absences per teleworker.- The spread of contagious disease is at the root of a federal policy that requires all eligible employees to telework to the maximum extent possible.- 64% of managers felt reduced absenteeism was a strong or very strong business reason to allow flexible work.

41. Employer Benefits: Attraction / RetentionAmong top non-financial benefitsExpands talent pool GeographyCaregiversPart-timers (26M)Disabled (16M)RuralRetireesAlmost 80% of employees say they would like to work from home, at least part of the time. More than a third say they’d choose the option to telecommute over a pay raise.