2. Flexibility of Labour at Home
The group members
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Table of Contents
Legal situation
Economical and sociological statistics
Consequences
Recommendations
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Traditional labour at home
Telework
Definition of traditional labour at home:
Performing a job function not in the employer‘s premises
Exception: Lithuania
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Traditional labour at home
Mostly industrial work
Under authority of the employer
No direct control
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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
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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
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Control of the employee
Very difficult
Arrangements are essential
Use of webcam  violation of the privacy
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Telework
Evolution of traditional labour at home
Concept of telework
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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
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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
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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
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Figure 1: Total teleworkers
Source: SIBIS
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Figure 2: Interest in telework
Source: SIBIS
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Figure 3 : Feasibility in telework
Source: SIBIS
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