TELEWORK

» Concept

Telework is deemed to be ”distance work”, that consists of the performance of work carried out with juridical subordination, as a rule, outside the body or service of the public employer entity, and by recourse to information and communication technologies that, unless otherwise provided for, is presumed to belong to the public employer entity

» Regime

Form

It depends upon an agreement in writing concluded with the public employer entity

Compulsory elements of the contract

The agreement shall set out, namely, identification of the parties, express mention of the telework regime and its duration, functions to be performed, the ownership of work instruments to be used by the teleworker and identification of the interlocutor or hierarchic superior of the body or service with whom the teleworker may contact in the scope of the respective labour performance

Termination

The agreement may terminate, by decision of any of the parties, during the first thirty days of its execution, in which case the worker is entitled to resume the performance of work, under the terms provided for in the contract or in the collective labour regulation instrument

Duration

The initial duration shall not exceed three years

Period of work

The teleworker is subject to maximum limits of the daily and weekly normal period of work applicable to other workers

He/she may be exempt from work schedule