Abstract
There are numerous implications of the recent "return to the office" push, including evolving influences on corporate culture, job redesign, the role of technology, and the significant potential for unequal treatment and discrimination. Recent research and studies indicate that the workers involved in remote work are most likely to be women, workers of color, and the disabled. While remote work is not a protected classification under state or Federal law, these individuals are members of protected classes as determined by fair employment law. Therefore, disputed and evolving policies regarding the use of remote work related to these individuals could easily result in wholesale practices that create work disadvantages and unfair treatment in personnel decisions. This is a study to examine the current efforts in the creation and application of flexible work policies and practices and how they may affect workers in this new work culture and environment.
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Savino, David M. and Foster, Danielle C.
(2025)
"Potential Discriminatory Practices Related to Working Remotely,"
Journal of the North American Management Society: Vol. 15:
No.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/jnams/vol15/iss1/4
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