Among the business trends for 2008 is an even greater increase in teleworking.

Last year, 12.4 million Americans worked from home at least one day a month. But by 2010, an estimated 100 million Americans will do some work from home.

Of course, most employees love the idea. They don’t have to waste time commuting and fighting traffic. They get to work from the comforts of home without the hassles of meetings and office politics.

As for employers, they save money, conserve resources, and ideally boost productivity and morale.

Some managers, however, have been reluctant to allow employees to work from home, afraid they’ll goof off instead of buckle down.

Experts advise that employers set very clear output expectations so it doesn’t matter how many hours employees work from home as long as the results are there.

And then trust that they hired employees who are hard-working and won’t goof off.



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