Teleworking regulations are changing – so what do employers need to know?
Although the rate of telework has been increasing over the past decade, the Covid-19 pandemic instigated an unprecedented shift towards working from home. As a result, countries urgently needed to reassess legislation concerning teleworking to protect workers from new and emerging ergonomic risks to workers’ health. At the heart of the European approach to teleworking is the EU Framework Agreement on Telework, an autonomous agreement between social partners formulated in 2002.