Government Code § 658.012

Sec. 658.012. AGENCY TELEWORK PLAN. (a) A state agency that authorizes telework under Section 658.011 shall develop a plan that addresses the agency's telework policies and procedures. An agency telework plan must: (1) establish: (A) criteria for evaluating the ability of an employee to satisfactorily perform the employee's job duties while teleworking; (B) performance standards that ensure a teleworking employee maintains satisfactory performance; (C) a system for monitoring the productivity of a teleworking employee that ensures that the employee's work remains satisfactory and that the employee's duties remain suitable for telework; and (D) appropriate physical and information security controls at teleworking sites; (2) ensure that a teleworking employee is subject to the same rules and disciplinary actions as any other agency employee; and (3) prohibit a teleworking employee from conducting in-person business at the employee's personal residence. (b) A state agency that develops an agency telework plan under this section shall publish the agency's telework plan on the agency's publicly accessible Internet website. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1118 (H.B. 5196), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.