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A workplace is the location at which an employee provides work for an employer. The workplace is located in a variety of settings including offices, manufacturing facilities or factories, stores, farms, out-of-doors, and in any location where work is performed.
With the proliferation of electronic communication, employers are no longer expected to always provide a workplace with a physical location at which employees work. Home offices, telecommuting work arrangements, and world-wide employment relationships mean that almost any location, including the employee's home, may serve as and accurately be called, a workplace.
If an employer provides a physical location for an employee to work, the workplace is subject, in the US, to workplace health and safety regulations and other guidelines provided by the US Department of Labor (DOL). The DOL also regulates a variety of workplace programs, some of which are in effect for workplaces that include an employee’s home office.
The DOL provides guidance and regulations for the workplace in such areas as workers compensation, breaks and lunch requirements, leave requirements, equal employment opportunity, and unemployment compensation. See the DOL website for a complete list of regulations and guidelines to fulfill employer and workplace requirements.
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