Employers Must Be Prepared For the Growing Trend of Work-At-Home Employees

According to a 2009 study only 2.5 million employees (not including the self-employed) considered home their primary place of business during 2008. Include those who worked remotely from other locations, and that number increases to 17.2 million. Some labor experts, however, think that approximately 40% of the total U.S. workforce could work at home at least part-time.

This is a growing trend that must be on employers’ radar because the economic and social benefits are likely to make work-at-home an alternative that employers and employees can’t overlook.

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