Tensiones del teletrabajo post pandemia - Desafíos y propuestas para un nuevo marco de derechos

Abstract

Teleworking has increased considerably in the face of the Covid-19 health crisis, in order to keep the economy functioning and reduce contagion. It is not difficult to think that this work modality has come to stay, so it is important to understand some of its benefits (positive effects such as savings in transport, greater work flexibility and a better work-family reconciliation, among others) and costs ( negative effects such as the loss of spaces for work collaboration, professional isolation, among others) at a social, organizational and individual level, which must be taken care of from the legal and organizational point of view. In Chile, in the legal field, a regulation process is accelerated, which is specified in Law 21.220 / 2020; that regulates basic aspects and generates protection mechanisms for teleworkers that, as will be seen, suffers from several problems in terms of safeguarding rights, supervision and scope. This implies great challenges that are complex since they involve different actors and at different levels, legally, culturally, politically, socially, organizationally and finally individually. This document provides some recommendations for current public policy and to a lesser extent for organizational implementation.