The new rules are a response to the trend of more staff working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, Portugal’s Socialist government said. It said it sees benefits in working from home but wanted to adapt labor legislation to it. The regulations bring new penalties for companies t...
“When the next government reforms tenancies, as all major parties have promised, it must abolish Section 21 and make clear that unfair terms like banning working from home are not legal. That way, the selfish preferences of a landlord will not mean homelessness for a tenant.” The news pic...
While teleworking is regulated by a special law, working from home is regulated by several articles of the Labor Code. The Romanian tax legislation establishes some rules regarding the settlement and deduction by the employer of the expenses with the utilities of the telewo...
While new legislationexpands the number of workerswho are guaranteed paid time off while confronting coronavirus, workers are not guaranteed the right to work from home — even if public health officials recommend it. And for workers with jobs deemed essential and who have no access to paid leave...
UK legislation defines flexible working as “a way of working that suits an employee’s needs, for example having flexible start and finish times, or working from home.” Significantly, the law applies to all employees, not just parents and other caregivers. Furthermore, employers must address ...
Legislation passed last month gave that benefit to workers at companies with fewer than 500 employees, which left out millions of parents. Congress is considering expanding it to cover the majority of workers, according to advocates, and parents should pressure their representatives to ensure it's ...
Behavioral changes resulting from legislation, rules, management/leadership and team interplay with regard to working from home owing to the pandemic crisis. Search Strategy Records were retrieved from two of the largest literature databases—Scopus and Web of Science—using the Boolean operators (AND/...
Tenants are experiencing an increase in landlords saying they don’t want them to work from home whilst renting their property. In a report from The Independent, which found little legislation to protect tenants from the practice, which is...
At the start of lockdown there seemed to be story after story extolling the virtues of working from home. There was the odd smattering of people concerned about the mental health of workers, but most of what I saw seemed to be talking about working from
Your office health and safety representative is ultimately responsible for ensuring that HSE legislation is adhered to in your company, but why not help them out? If you need to purchase certain equipment to make your working environment a comfortable safe space then you’ll need to assess it ...