Belgium : introduction of teleworking in the civil service

The main modes decided by the royal order are the following : 1° teleworking can be done from the civil servant’s house or any other place chosen by him or her ; 2°) teleworking is authorized from a 3/5 time job ; 3°) teleworking has to be voluntary for the teleworker and the employer ; 4° the same rights and duties as those applied to the civil servant working in the employer’s offices are applied to the teleworkers, as for instance, the work amount, the rights to training, the career opportunities, the rules on days of and absenteism ; 5° teleworking doesn’t give the right to any allowance or bonus ; 6° the employer provides the teleworker with the equipment, puts it in and maintains it, he pays for the connexion and cmmunication costs ; 7° a convention is written, between the employer and the teleworker, it sets among others the place, the days, the time when the teleworker can be reached, the modes of taking care of the charges, the duration of the convention.