Do I need to sign up for commuter benefits, emergency ride home and Spare the Air program if I work in a home office or if I am a small business and all my employees bike or walk to work?
If you are the only employee of a home based business, you are exempt from signing up for commuter benefits. If your business is able to demonstrate that all your employees are using alternative transportation, such as biking or walking, you will be exempt from signing up for commuter benefits. The determination is made on a case-by-case basis by staff. [top] What is an Environmental Policy Statement? What should I include? Do all employees have to agree to follow it? An Environmental Policy Statement addresses the environmental or sustainability policy of your business and lists some environmental principles and practices that you implement in your office. This policy is created to express your commitment to being a green business and it ensures that green business practices continue to be implemented even as people change positions or leave. Written policies are a way to reiterate the employee practices and ensure that they will be in place for when the business goes through the Gree
