Telecommuting

Telecommuting is the practice of working from a location outside the traditional employer office, typically the employee's home, using technology to communicate. The term predates the modern remote work era (popularized in the 1970s by Jack Nilles) and is now largely synonymous with remote work or work-from-home. For HR, telecommuting raises the same compliance issues as any home-based work: multi-state tax nexus, workers' comp coverage, expense reimbursement, and equipment policy.