Teleworking

Teleworking is a work practice that offers benefits to business and the community.

By working from home or a location close to home (telecentre) on an occasional or regular basis, employees are able to reduce their commute travel and manage their work outputs more effectively.

Results of teleworking trials indicate benefits that include increased productivity, reduced absenteeism, reduced time and costs in service delivery and increased employee motivation and morale.

The RTA encourages teleworking to facilitate flexible work practices that enable staff to balance their work and family commitments.

The RTA supports teleworking as a travel demand management initiative used to help modify the growth of traffic and help improve the environment.

The RTA supports teleworking by:

• Providing teleworking opportunities to staff through human resources policies and access to telecentres and hot desks
• Promoting teleworking to government and business
• Providing teleworking information and advice to government and business
• Contributing to programs such as the NSW State Plan priorities for cleaner air and progress on greenhouse gas reductions, jobs closer to home and improving efficiency of the road network.