Vargas Llave, Oscar
Does the new telework generation need a right to disconnect?
03 December 2020
Whatever the benefits of telework – and there are many, including more flexible working time, increased productivity and less commuting – there are drawbacks, as many of the one-third of Europeans who were exclusively working from home during the pandemic will attest. Primary among these is the ‘always on’ culture that telework engenders, encouraging workers to respond to emails, phone calls and texts from work long after the working day or week has ended. This situation may be aggravated if the organisational culture at work incentivises employees to accept heavy workloads and put in overtime, often unpaid. All of which upsets work–life balance, leading to conflicts between work and home life, insufficient rest and health problems like work-related stress and sleep disorders.
Regulations to address work–life balance in digital flexible working arrangements
- Tempo de trabalho
- Work organisation
- Working conditions
- Conciliação entre a vida profissional e a vida familiar
- Novas formas de emprego
- Collective bargaining
- Agreements
- A era digital: oportunidades e desafios em matéria de trabalho e emprego
- Relações laborais
- Teleworking
- Labour and social regulation
- Antecipação e gestão do impacto da mudança
- Condições de trabalho e trabalho sustentável
- Relações laborais e diálogo social
02 July 2020
Developments in information and communication technology (ICT) have been among the key drivers of change in working life over the past two decades. Specifically, telework and ICT-based mobile work (TICTM) exemplifies how digital technology ...
COVID-19: Policy responses across Europe
24 June 2020
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of individuals and societies, including on the economy and labour markets, is unprecedented. The impact of the global health emergency has placed a growing number of businesses under threat, ...
COVID-19 unleashed the potential for telework – How are workers coping?
09 June 2020
The COVID-19 health crisis prompted governments to take the unprecedented step of shutting down all workplaces, apart from those providing essential goods and services, to control the spread of the virus. Every worker who was able to do so began to work from home, initiating a social experiment of a type and on a scale unseen before. The world of work will never be the same again. This event has accelerated the transition from a regular, bureaucratic and ‘factory-based’ organisation of work to one based on flexible task allocation and management by objectives. While these new-minted teleworkers are certainly better off than those who have lost their job or are at risk of losing it, there are downsides to the experience too.
Priorities for a new Europe
03 March 2020
This compendium of articles presents a snapshot of some of Eurofound’s most recent research, and highlights important 21st-century trends in quality of life and working conditions throughout the EU. It is organised around the six priority areas set out by the new European Commission for a transition to a fair, climate-neutral and digital Europe.
Telework and ICT-based mobile work: Flexible working in the digital age
- Health and well-being at work
- Platform work
- Tempo de trabalho
- Work organisation
- Working conditions
- Conciliação entre a vida profissional e a vida familiar
- Novas formas de emprego
- Employment relationship
- A era digital: oportunidades e desafios em matéria de trabalho e emprego
- Teleworking
- Antecipação e gestão do impacto da mudança
- Condições de trabalho e trabalho sustentável
16 January 2020
Advances in ICT have opened the door to new ways of organising work. We are shifting from a regular, bureaucratic and ‘factory-based’ working time pattern towards a more flexible model of work. Telework and ICT-based mobile work (TICTM)...
How to respond to chronic health problems in the workplace?
15 October 2019
The number of workers living with chronic health conditions is rising in the EU. Such conditions affect people’s ability to work to varying degrees. While some are unable to continue working, many wish to and would be able to do so if their workplace made adaptations to accommodate their needs.
ICT-enabled flexible working – All plain sailing?
- Non-standard employment
- Working conditions
- Novas formas de emprego
- Mercados de trabalho inclusivos e funcionais
- A era digital: oportunidades e desafios em matéria de trabalho e emprego
- Emprego e mercados de trabalho
- Antecipação e gestão do impacto da mudança
- Condições de trabalho e trabalho sustentável
14 May 2019
Imagine you’re at work and something happens: you have to leave to visit a client, you have to go home to let in the plumber, or you have to collect the kids from school as the football training has just been cancelled. If you’re lucky, your employer gives you the flexibility to do this. If you’re even luckier, it is YOU who decides upon your schedule and place of work.
Working conditions of workers of different ages
21 December 2017
Demographic change is increasing the number of older workers in employment in Europe. In order for all of them to work beyond 55 or even after the pension age, it is necessary to identify what are the factors preventing or helping workers to have a sustainable work.
Towards age-friendly work in Europe: a life-course perspective on work and ageing from EU Agencies
29 June 2017
The ageing of the EU’s population and workforce has implications for employment, working conditions, living standards and welfare. This report draws on the expertise of four EU Agencies in their respective areas, covers the policy challenges associated with the ageing workforce and considers innovative solutions.