Protect the right for remote work when the work can be done remotely

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For any job that can be effectively done remotely, the people should be allowed to have more freedom choosing what’s the best location and time to do their jobs.

Some benefits I can think of including:

  1. Giving hard working Americans more time back for their own lives. People don’t have to spend so much time commuting daily for hours. They can use more time to study, rest or care for families.
  2. Easing the pressure on the infrastructure of major metropolitan areas. Less people having to work in limited locations means the traffic will be a lot better for workers whose job has to be done at the assigned location. When people don’t have to live in commute distance from downtown area, they have more options around the country where housing is more affordable. And for people who stays, the cost of living is also going to be lower due to less demand.
  3. Flexibility to care for next generation, new parents usually have to spend much time caring for their new babies, it’s much easier for them to do this when both parents can work from home and use less busy time to help with each other.
  4. Stimulating local economy. As people moving into smaller towns, they can spend more in the neighborhood they actually live in and support the small businesses in town. Furthermore, they all the smaller service providers get to serve more people they will also contribute to the profit of larger companies and energize the economy of the whole country.
  5. Less energy cost and emission due to daily commute. Which also means less space needed for parking in the cities, the spaces can be repurposed for new businesses.
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Let’s throw in a right to take college courses online or as evening courses, especially for students who are caregivers or who work at least 32 hours per week.

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As a federal employee that has had the opportunity to have remote work for the last 4 years, I fully support this idea.
My family still varies in age and while I am not the caregiver while they are home, I have been able to continue to not miss important things for them. It has been with the aid of remote work that I have been able to do these things. I no longer need to leave before they get up and I am home when they return from school.
I have been around for emergencies and have been able to take less time from work for doctor appointments.
I do hope there will be consideration for the tele-work employees. We love our positions and have loved being able to tele-work during this time.
Our home base also no longer has the room for our entire department. Right now we are at 3 per desk as we only come in once a week on our assigned days.