TELEWORD: A NEW WAY OF WORKING AND LIVING

Abstract

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.

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