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Remote Work Policy template

Eligibility, expectations, equipment, expenses, and tax/state-of-work implications for remote employees.

Legal basis
  • FLSA (timekeeping, overtime, breaks apply to remote nonexempt)
  • state wage-and-hour laws
  • state tax nexus
  • OSHA general duty for home-office hazards
Last reviewed April 2026. Guidance, not legal advice.

What the policy covers

  1. ELIGIBILITY
    Remote work is available where the role supports it and the employee's performance, role, and circumstances make it practical.
  2. LOCATION
    Remote work must be performed from a registered location agreed in advance.
  3. HOURS AND TIMEKEEPING
    Exempt employees: continue to perform full duties; standard expectations on availability and responsiveness apply.
  4. EQUIPMENT AND EXPENSES
    The company provides ….
  5. DATA SECURITY
    Use only company-approved devices, networks, and software for work
  6. PERFORMANCE
    Performance expectations are the same for remote and in-office employees.
  7. HEALTH AND SAFETY
    While the company's control over a home office is limited, employees are expected to maintain a safe workspace.
  8. TAX AND STATE NEXUS
    Working from a different state may create payroll-tax and corporate-tax implications for the company.

Who needs it

Any employer running schedule, leave and the day-to-day of employing people. These set out the rules once so nobody argues about them twice.

Questions people ask

Is a remote work policy a legal requirement?

It rests on FLSA (timekeeping, overtime, breaks apply to remote nonexempt) and state wage-and-hour laws and state tax nexus and OSHA general duty for home-office hazards. Some policies must be written down once a business reaches a certain size or does certain work; others are simply how a tribunal, an inspector or an auditor expects to see that you have thought about it. A clear, dated, signed policy is the evidence either way. Guidance, not legal advice.

Can I change it to suit how we work?

Yes. Inside Work-Lynx it is a starting point: put your company name in, adjust the arrangements to what you actually do, set the review date and publish it. Staff read and acknowledge it on their phones, and you can see who has not.

Is it up to date?

Last reviewed April 2026. The pack is updated when the law moves, and every policy carries a review date so it does not quietly go stale.

How do I get it?

It is preloaded in Work-Lynx with the other 28 policies for the US. Work-Lynx is $3 plus $1.25 per employee, 14 days free, no card, and what you see on the pricing page is the bill.

Who is it for?

Any employer running schedule, leave and the day-to-day of employing people. These set out the rules once so nobody argues about them twice.

All 29 US policies, $3 a month

This policy and 28 others are already in Work-Lynx, alongside GPS clock-in, schedules, timesheets, PTO and an employment-question advisor. $3 base plus $1.25 per employee a month. 14 days free, no card, no sales call.

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