OPM’s latest telework report highlights productivity gains The annual telework report covers fiscal 2022, though officials promised that recent policy changes will improve data collection and ...

Productivity gains further debunk the idea that telework fosters laziness. The Social Security Administration, for example , reported a 6% increase in productivity in 2024 while operating with ...

The debate around federal telework is not just about productivity, though; it’s also about politics and economics. Legislators like Manchin have linked the return-to-office with economic ...

A new study has found that public sector employees working remotely recorded a 12% increase in productivity compared to when they were in the office, challenging the assumption that physical presen… ...

Telework has been shown to increase productivity, reduce costs, and improve employee satisfaction, making it a valuable tool for the federal workforce, despite Republican claims that it wastes ...

A new study illustrates that the private sector has been much quicker than the public sector to adopt the power of mobile technology in order to increase productivity and make business processes more ...

But the GAO also found in an analysis publicly released this month that across the US workforce, telework has generally appeared to increase productivity in certain sectors, though the analysis ...

This 22 percent increase in concentrated work time for remote employees underscores how remote work, free from the typical office distractions of impromptu meetings and ambient noise, offers a ...

"Responsible telework opportunities meet the expectations and needs of our changing workforce and can enhance productivity and boost employee morale," said Julia Sibilla, Fort Sill Garrison deputy ...

Since telecommuting productivity varies from job to job, it is not reasonable to apply a one-size-fits-all system. The widespread use of remote tools is one of the few positive legacies of COVID-19.

An enduring consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic is a notable shift toward remote and hybrid work. This has raised questions regarding whether the shift had a significant effect on the growth rate of ...