25 NCAC 01C .0803. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS

For purposes of this Rule, the terms below mean the following:

(1)           Alternate Work Location:  a work site other than a central workplace.  It may include employees' homes and satellite offices where official state business is performed.  An alternate work location does not include work a place where work is performed for limited periods of time or only an infrequent basis; nor an assigned duty station that may be located away from the central workplace.

(2)           Central Workplace:  An employee's assigned place of work or duty station owned or operated by the State or a site that is the primary workstation for field based employees.  Typically a central workplace is a duty station from which an employer along with employees in the same work unit perform the functions of their job.  However, an employee's home, in instances in which it is the primary workstation for field based employees, may be considered the central workplace.

(3)           Telework/Teleworking:  a flexible work arrangement in which supervisors direct or permit employees to perform their job duties away from their central workplace, in accordance with their same performance expectations and other approved or agreed-upon terms.  It does not include work performed at a temporary worksite for limited duration.

(4)           Teleworker:  an employee engaged in teleworking.

(5)           Teleworking Agreement:  a written agreement that details the terms and conditions by which an employee is allowed to engage in teleworking.

(6)           Work Schedule:  the employee's hours of work in the central workplace or in alternate work locations.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 126-4; S.L. 1999-328;

Temporary Adoption Eff. January 19, 2000;

Temporary Adoption Expired on November 11, 2000;

Eff. April 1, 2001.