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Polk County adopts revised telework and remote-work policy; out-of-state remote work barred
Summary
The Polk County Board of Commissioners approved a revised policy that distinguishes telework from remote work, adds an employee application and agreement, updates cybersecurity language and disallows out-of-state remote work.
The Polk County Board of Commissioners voted April 16 to adopt a revised telework and remote-work policy that clarifies the difference between occasional telework and fully remote work, requires an employee application and agreement, and limits remote work to within state boundaries.
Noel Hawkins, who presented the policy to the board, said the update recognizes "telework is an individual may be asked or may be able to occasionally work from home. Remote work would be that that's their assigned, workstation, if you will, would be…
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