THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON LABOR RELATIONS: AN APPROACH TO THE PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL RISKS IN REMOTE WORKINGABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

The pandemic motivated by Covid-19 has had important repercussions in the workplace, highlighting the rapid generalization of teleworking that has led to an organizational transformation in many companies and that has been justified both as a means of containing the pandemic and as a formula to keep employment. The increase in this modality is directly related to a series of extraordinary measures adopted by the State and the Autonomous Administrations that have made it possible to use telework as a model for the development of work activity. However, the promotion of this model of work activity requires a response from the legislator and social agents to balance rights and obligations, including occupational health and safety. In particular, Royal Decree-Law 8/2020 and Royal Decree-Law 28/2020 refer to the prevention of occupational risks. In this context, this study addresses how the business response should be to comply with its obligation of safety and health at work.