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Assessing Mobile Technologies in Child Protective Services: A Demonstration Project



District Environment and Conditions

Policies

Working At Home. During the pilot period, twelve districts created policies that stated they would allow working from home on the mobile devices after regular work hours. One district created a policy stating that working from home (during or after regular work hours) with the mobile device was prohibited. The other seven districts did not provide information or did not address a working from home policy

Overtime and Compensation. During the pilot period, nine districts stated that they would provide compensation for time spent working from home after regular work hours with the mobile device. Five districts created policies stating that they would not compensate for time spent working from home using the mobile device after regular work hours. Six districts did not report any information about whether they would compensate for time worked at home after regular work hours.

Seven districts stated that they would provide compensation for work done on the mobile device after regular work hours in the field. Two districts created policies that stated they would not provide compensation for any work completed with the mobile device after regular work hours in the field. Ten districts did not report any information about whether they would or would not compensate for time worked in the field with the mobile device after regular work hours.