EU : a joint declaration on Telework in the European Banking Sector

On 17 November, the European social partners of the banking sector* signed a Joint Declaration on Telework in the European Banking Sector. They have already agreed to also sign a further joint declaration on digitalisation in the banking sector in 2018.
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The declaration provides a definition of Telework suitable to the sector It is “a form of organising work where tasks are performed with the support and the use of secure ICT devices and I CT-infrastructure outside a locally fixed employer environment .”


Under the heading “Work Organisation and Employment Aspects of Telework”, it tackles the terms and conditions under which telework can take place, as well as aspects of Health & Safety, Data Protection & Cybersecurity, Privacy and the use of tec

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