IP Flexem (ter) 2007 Flexibility of Labour at Home Prepared by Adrijana PavillionyteErica Romera Mata Dimitri VerretMarion Karrer Sarah Bouma Serena Linopanti Svajune SakalyteYana Bodryakova

25 February 2016Flexibility of Labour at Home2 The group members

25 February 2016Flexibility of Labour at Home3 Table of Contents  Legal situation  Economical and sociological statistics  Consequences  Recommendations

Legal situation 25 February 2016Flexibility of Labour at Home4 Labour at home  Traditional labour at home  Telework Definition of traditional labour at home:  Performing a job function not in the employer‘s premises  Exception: Lithuania

Legal situation 25 February 2016Flexibility of Labour at Home5 Traditional labour at home  Mostly industrial work  Under authority of the employer  No direct control

Legal situation 25 February 2016Flexibility of Labour at Home6 Salary of the employee who works at home  No discrimination  Minimum wage:  Depending on the branch of industry  Fixed by industrial wide agreements  Fixed by law Work time of the employee who works at home  Arrange by their own  May not exceed the time limit set by law except Belgium  Night and Sunday labour allowed

Legal situation 25 February 2016Flexibility of Labour at Home7 Equipment and compensation for all the costs  Employer provides the equipment  Cost related to work at home  mentioned in the agreement  Belgium 10% and Spain 30% Safety and health conditions  For every worker  Lithuania: harmful materials problematic

Legal situation 25 February 2016Flexibility of Labour at Home8 Control of the employee  Very difficult  Arrangements are essential  Use of webcam  violation of the privacy

Legal situation 25 February 2016Flexibility of Labour at Home9 Telework Evolution of traditional labour at home Concept of telework

Legal situation 25 February 2016Flexibility of Labour at Home10 Spread of telework by implementation of the European Framework Agreement  Signed by the European social partners in 2002  Intention: define a general framework for the use of telework  Countries obligation: spread, explain and transpose the agreement in their national context between 2002 and 2006 Ways to do this:  firstly: agreeing on the translation in the national languages  secondly: carrying out information to make it known to employers and workers in their respective countries

Legal situation 25 February 2016Flexibility of Labour at Home11 Legal situation  In Europe is not found a national legislation for telework  In all participating countries the framework agreement of telework was implemented by  national collective labour agreements (Example: Belgium)  social partner agreements (Example: Spain) Exception: Lithuania: not signed the agreement

Legal situation 25 February 2016Flexibility of Labour at Home12 Key features of the EU framework agreement on telework:  Voluntary character  Employment conditions  Data protection  Privacy  Equipment  Health and safety  Organisation of work  Training  Collective rights issues

Economical and sociological statistics 25 February 2016Flexibility of Labour at Home13 Figure 1: Total teleworkers Source: SIBIS

Economical and sociological statistics 25 February 2016Flexibility of Labour at Home14 Figure 2: Interest in telework Source: SIBIS

Economical and sociological statistics 25 February 2016Flexibility of Labour at Home15 Figure 3 : Feasibility in telework Source: SIBIS