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Advantages
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Disadvantages/Challenges
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Saves office-space and parking requirements (some $2,000 of per employee)
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Start up and operating costs: telework policy, guidelines, training, evaluation etc
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Increases productivity and job performance (by 20% on average)
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Jealous and/or resistant colleagues
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Reduces absenteeism and healthcare-related costs (1 to 2 days per year on average)
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Management resistance and skepticism
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Can reduce long term disability costs
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IT equipment and support costs
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Reduces business disruptions due to emergencies (snow and other storms, power outages, floods, strikes, viral and other illness etc)
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For some, may be harder to coordinate and control staff and monitor their performance
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Savings reduce need to downsize
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Security of information and files
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Reduces travel costs
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Employee safety issues
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Increases flexibility to staff during peak workloads
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Can disrupt affect "teamwork" and organizational culture
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Accommodates those with health problems or disabilities
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Improves morale and job satisfaction
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Improves recruitment & retention of key employees. Reduced hiring and training costs.
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Taps labour markets from geographically remote areas (in Canada or around the globe)
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Potential for tax credits and other incentives
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An option to relocating employees
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