Remote Work Policy

Policy objective: [Outcome this policy governs]
Scope: [People, systems, locations, and activities covered]

1. Purpose and Eligibility

[Eligible roles, business rationale, worker groups excluded, and policy owner.]

2. Work Locations and Approval

[Approved address, notice of location change, manager approval, office attendance, and workspace requirements.]

3. Availability, Collaboration, and Time Zones

[Core hours, response expectations, meeting norms, asynchronous records, and time-zone handoffs.]

4. Performance and Outcomes

[Objectives, check-ins, deliverables, feedback, and performance documentation—not surveillance proxies.]

5. Equipment, Connectivity, and Expenses

[Provided equipment, stipend, repair, internet, ergonomic items, receipts, and return process.]

6. Information Security and Privacy

[VPN, MFA, device encryption, private workspace, printing, incident reporting, and company-data deletion.]

7. Health, Safety, and Home-Work Environment

[Ergonomic assessment, injury reporting, emergency contact, and safe-work certification.]

8. Travel, Cross-Border Work, and Tax Escalation

[Travel approval, immigration, payroll, permanent-establishment, and data-residency escalation.]

9. Accessibility, Care, and Exceptions

[Reasonable accommodation, caregiving flexibility, exception owner, duration, and review.]

10. Review and Acknowledgement

[Effective date, manager acknowledgement, and review cycle.]

Exceptions, Enforcement, and Review

• Exception authority: [Role authorized to approve a documented exception]
• Required evidence: [Risk assessment, compensating control, owner, and expiry date]
• Enforcement: [Investigation and proportionate consequence process]
• Review trigger: [Scheduled cadence and events requiring an earlier review]

Implementation notice: Adapt this policy to applicable law, contracts, workforce consultation duties, systems, and operating context before adoption.