OPM Launches Telework Training Module

The Office of Personnel Management has created a telework training package designed to help agencies meet the mandates of a 2010 telework law.

In a letter sent last week to chief human capital officers, OPM Director John Berry said that agencies can now access new employee and manager telework training modules at telework.gov. Agencies that already use their own learning management systems will now have the capability to download the training at no cost. "This option will allow agencies to track the use and completion of the training," Berry wrote.

The 2010 Telework Enhancement Act requires federal agencies provide interactive telework training for employees who are eligible and interested in participating in telework and for their managers. The law requires such training to be completed before employees and/or managers sign a written telework agreement.