EU groups in telework agreement
Concerns that teleworkers are more vulnerable to exploitation have sparked a deal between the European Union's employer and...
Eurocommerce and Uni-Europa Commerce have struck a deal, promising to treat teleworkers in the same way as employees are dealt with in more traditional workplaces.
Teleworking deal
The federations have:
- Agreed a checklist of information, such as length of the employee's normal working day or week, that teleworkers must be provided with before starting a job
- Recognised the right of a teleworker to communicate confidentiality with trade union representatives
- Accepted that the place where telework is carried out should be designed, "whenever possible", to conform with regulations for standard company premises.