This new Law specifies that teleworking must be voluntary and reciprocal, which means that a worker cannot be forced to telework, but if he/she meets the conditions set out in the collective agreement, he/she can ask the company to do so.
This new law was approved at the same time that, due to the serious coronavirus crisis, new restrictive measures were applied, which advise teleworking in all cases where possible.
Although this Law has been designed to be useful beyond the pandemic, it can help promote work from home, and according to statements by Josep Ginesta, Secretary General of Labor, Social Affairs and Families, teleworking will also entail “a territorial rebalancing of the economy and resources” and will blur the “differences between the conurbation and the rest of the territory”.
Theoretically, if you choose to telework, the law requires that, within three months, an agreement be made detailing the conditions of the job: the schedule, flexibility, the reference center, the material resources... The rule stipulates that each worker must have a document where all this is set out, and all companies must make a document and register it.
But if due to the pandemic it is necessary to accelerate teleworking, there will also be an obligation for the company to make the resources available to the workers, since the person who works from home cannot have any expenses derived from this, therefore, all the elements that the worker needs to do the job properly must be provided by the company.