Portable Work. Work normally performed at an employee’s official worksite that can be performed at an alternate worksite. This work is part of the employee’s regular assignments and does not involve a change in duties.
Portable Work. The employee must have sufficient portable work for the amount of telework requested.
Portable Work. Work Suitable for Telework: Portable work that can be performed at another location with equal effectiveness with respect to quality, quantity, timeliness, customer service, and other aspects of accomplishing the EPA’s mission. Work suitable for telework depends on job content, rather than job series or title, type of appointment, or work schedule. It is possible within identical or related occupational series, one position or portion thereof may be determined to be eligible for remote work, and another may not, depending on individual job requirements. Duties Not Suitable for Telework: Includes functions and tasks not suitable to be performed away from the agency worksite. Examples include, but are not limited to duties: • Requiring in-person contact with the supervisor, colleagues, clients or the general public in order to perform the job effectively, and which cannot otherwise be achieved by e-mail, telephone, video calls, collaboration technology, or other electronic means; • Accessing classified information or a classified installation [including those materials subject to a written policy, at the government, agency or organizational level, restricting use/access outside of a specific government installation or area within a government installation]; • Involving the construction, installation, maintenance or repair of EPA facilities; • Involving the physical protection of EPA facilities or employees; or • Involving other physical presence/site-dependent activity (e.g., emissions testing, laboratory trials).
