Abstract:

The paper aims to analyse, at European level, the evolution of telework implementation over the last two decades. The paper will present documents which are underlying the implementation of telework and which have led, in some of these states, to the insertion in the national laws of the concepts of telework, tele-worker, as well as the regulations governing the conduct of work in this form. The research was conducted only for a few Member States of the European Union, which we considered to be relevant either in terms of economic development, geographical position, cultural values or the population number (Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland). We consider this study to be useful for analyzing how different states have understood to implement telework, especially in the current conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led certain states to reconsider the beneficial effects that telework can bring to the survival and/or development of enterprises in the current economy.