Measuring the telework potential of jobs: evidence from the International Standard Classification of Occupations

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered and accelerated the shift of firms businesses to adopt flexible alternative work arrangements such as teleworking or working from home (WFH) set-ups. To effectively transition ‘new normal’ work, this paper measures telework potential jobs degree which a job can be feasibly done at offsite. Using task-based framework, constructs continuous ‘teleworkability’ indices by implementing classification process occupational tasks listed in International Standard Classification Occupations 2008 (ISCO-08) based on indicators literature. correlates these are estimated. Also, applied Philippine occupations. primary contribution is set for all 427 occupations (4-digit ISCO) describe countries pattern their local codes ISCO-08.