What is remote work?

Teleworking is the remote provision of the employee's dependent work and with the use of technology, under the full-time, part-time, rotating or other form of employment contract, which could also be provided by the employer's premises.

Teleworking is agreed between employer and employee, upon hiring or by modification of the employment contract.

Exceptionally, if the work can be provided remotely, telework can be applied:

a) Following a decision of the employer, for reasons of protection of public health, the assistance of which is established by a decision of the Minister of Health and the co-competent Minister, as the case may be, and for how long these reasons last.

b) At the request of the employee, in case of documented risk to her health, who will be avoided if he works through telework and not at the employer's premises and for as long as this risk lasts. In case the employer disagrees, the employee can request the resolution of the dispute by the Labor Inspectorate, according to article 3B of Law 3996/2011 (AD 170).

By joint decision of the Ministers of Labor and Social Affairs and Health, the diseases, illnesses or disabilities of the employee are determined, which can document the risk of her health, as well as the supporting documents, the competent bodies and the procedure for the documentation of the risk.