Study Suggests Telecommuting Employees May Have Lower Wage Growth

LANSING – Telecommuting offers numerous positives for both employers and employees.  A few of those benefits include increasing employee productivity due to fewer distractions, improving employee satisfaction and retention rates, saving employee commuting costs, and offering employees more flexibility with their schedule.  According to Global Workplace Analytics, a San Diego-based consulting firm that specializes in flexible-workplace strategies, 20-25% of U.S. employees are estimated to telecommute at least once per year.

Global Workplace Analytics will be releasing a report later this spring entitled “The State of Telework in the U.S.” It analyzes data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau through their 2015 American Community Survey, and it provides a picture about today’s teleworking employees.

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