EU: social partners remain divided on need of telework legislation

Despite agreeing in 2022 to strike a framework agreement on teleworking, which would be adopted in the form of a directive, the social partners are now divided on the matter. Several months after the failure of their negotiations, they also disagree on the appropriateness of a European Commission directive. In its response document to the first phase of consultation, BusinessEurope rejects the idea on the grounds that it would weaken the role of “EU autonomous framework agreements”. On the...