Knowledge Check

Kathleen has been a supervisor at her agency for 10 years and is responsible for overseeing ten employees. Recently, her organization implemented a telework policy that permits selected employees to work from home or at telework centers with their managers' approval. As a supervisor, Kathleen has not managed teleworking employees and she is somewhat skeptical about telework in general.

Kathleen has been approached by one of her top employees, Jeffrey, who would like to telework a few days a week at a telework center close to his home. Jeffrey has never worked in a nontraditional office setting but would like the opportunity to try teleworking.