The New Workplace Reality: Out of the Office

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        Forrester Research’s US Telecommuting Forecast notes that 34 million Americans work from home. This number is expected to reach a staggering 63 million – or 43 percent of the U.S. workforce – by 2016. This number is so significant, it bears repeating – 43 percent of the U.S. workforce will work from home just three years from today. This is a figure too large and an opportunity too valuable for organizations to ignore.
        Remote working, teleworking or telecommuting encompasses a variety of work arrangements in which “work” – traditionally conducted in a physical office space – is instead performed at the employee’s home, a remote office or some other off-site location.

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