According to a recent Gallup poll, 37 percent of U.S. workers report that they telecommute or otherwise work remotely.
Indeed, due to advances in technology, many employees never report to an office of their employer, but instead use technology to conduct business on behalf of their employer from a remote location.
Remote employment, however, raises challenges that the law is just now beginning to resolve. One such challenge is whether it is fair for an employer to haul remote employees into a distant district court in order to enforce restrictive covenants and/or common law obligations to the employer.
