International Labour Review · 1990 · 149 citations · 0 references
LawEmployment LawLabor LawEmployment PolicyJob DesignOccupational HealthEmployee MobilityEmploymentFlexibilityLabor UnionsRemote Work ArrangementsSocial Protection GovernanceTelework ArrangementsTelework PoliciesWork From HomeWork Organization
Telework, a rapidly expanding phenomenon, has reshaped traditional work boundaries by enabling part‑ or full‑time electronic work from home, offices, customer sites, and satellite centers. The study examines telework’s nature, extent, and impact on working conditions and organization, and calls for urgent consideration of its legal status and social protection implications. The authors analyze telework’s nature, extent, and impact on working conditions and organization, and investigate its legal status, employer and union attitudes, and government initiatives. The authors report that telework offers enterprise flexibility, cost savings, productivity gains, easier recruitment and retention, and reduced commuting time.
The rapidly developing, wide-ranging phenomenon of telework has redrawn the traditional boundaries of work. Telework is part- or full-time, on- or off-line electronic work performed at home by employees or the self-employed or (increasingly) in central offices, customer sites and satellite centres in various combinations. Advantages stressed by the authors include enterprise flexibility, cost savings, productivity increases, easier recruitment and retention of staff and reduced commuting time. The authors examine the nature, extent and impact of telework on working conditions and work organization and explore the complex legal status of teleworkers, changing attitudess of employers and trade unions and various government initiatives. Call for urgent consideration of the implications of the spread of telework above all to avoid the dangers of reduced social protection.