Oh I should have also stated that successful remote management is built entirely of trust and humane treatment of the remote workers. The value someone produces

Oh I should have also stated that successful remote management is built entirely of trust and humane treatment of the remote workers. The value someone produces may also be pretty intangible (i.e. they make the team work better together). I can see how you could extrapolate those scenarios from my comment, but giving employees affordances to put their life first should be table stakes for all employees, remote or otherwise. No one should be fired or punished for having to deal with personal issues.