European Economic
and Social Committee
Challenges of Teleworking: organization of working time, work life balance and the right to disconnect - Related links
European Commission
- Joint Research Centre: Analysis entitled "Telework in the EU before and after the COVID-19: where we were, where we head to" (2020)
- Joint Research Centre: Report entitled: "The COVID confinement measures and EU labour markets (2020)
- European Commission–Eurofound joint report entitled: "Teleworkability and the COVID-19 crisis: a new digital divide?" (2020)
- Joint Research Centre: Report entitled "The changing nature of work and skills in the digital age" (no direct reference to "the right to disconnect") (2019)
European Parliament
- Report with recommendations to the Commission on the right to disconnect (procedure 2019/2181(INL)) - currently at the stage of draft report: Information on the procedure
- European Added Value Assessment study of the European Added Value Unit of the European Parliament Research Service (EPRS) entitled: "The right to disconnect"(2020)(linked to 2019/2181(INL))
- Parliamentary question regarding a European legislative framework for teleworking (2020):
Answer on behalf of the European Commission (2020) More information about text formats
Other institutions and agencies
- Eurofound report entitled "Telework in the European Union" (2020)
- Joint report by the ILO and Eurofound entitled "Working anytime, anywhere: The effects on the world of work" (2019)
- ILO publication entitled "Defining and measuring remote work, telework, work at home and home-based work" (2020)
- ILO publication entitled "Teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond A Practical Guide"(2020)
- UN article entitled "Teleworking: COVID-19 could revolutionise the world of work" (2020)
- UNI Global Union’s report entitled "The Right to Disconnect: Best Practices" (2019)
Stakeholders
- European social partners framework agreement on digitalisation (2020)
- European social partners: The European Framework on Telework (2002)
- ETUC: Lockdown shows urgent need for workers to have a right to disconnect
- euranet: Teleworkers seek right to discommect
- SME united: Exit & Recovery Strategy – COVID-19 crisis
- SME united: Response to the Roadmap on the Long term vision for rural areas
- EAPN: The Future of Work p.30