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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

 

TELEWORK IN THE EUROPEAN UNION [12 January 2015]

Author: Christian Welz and Felix Wolf

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/observatories/eurwork/comparative-information/telework-in-the-european-union

or

http://eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_files/docs/eiro/tn0910050s/tn0910050s.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

 

Executive Summary

http://eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_files/pubdocs/2009/961/en/1/EF09961EN.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

 

This report examines the phenomenon of telework in the EU – particularly in the context of the European Framework Agreement on Telework, which was signed by the peak social partners in July 2002. The report first assesses the incidence of telework across the 27 EU Members States and Norway, highlighting the overall increase in telework usage. It goes on to examine the regulatory framework for telework, with a particular focus on the European Framework Agreement’s implementation in the context of national industrial relations systems and given the unique nature of this autonomous agreement. The report also looks at issues concerning the employment and working conditions of teleworkers – such as health and safety, data protection, access to training and the voluntary nature of telework. It concludes with an overview of the social partners’ position on telework.

 

CONTENTS

Introduction

Definition of telework

Incidence of telework

Characteristics of teleworkers in Belgium

Regulatory framework

Collective bargaining on telework in Denmark

Employment and working conditions

Views of governments and social partners

Company policies on telework in the UK

Conclusions

References

Annex: Forms of implementation of European Framework

Agreement on Telework

 

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