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The world of work has also been deeply impacted by the global Covid-19 pandemic. Measures taken by public authorities across the EU to limit the spread of disease led to a considerable and sudden increase in remote work. Restrictions introduced on sanitary grounds have entailed mandatory home-based telework for a sizeable proportion of workers (4). When the sanitary situation allowed for a progressive easing of restrictions, mandatory telework has, to a large extent, given way to more use of voluntary telework. For the growing proportion of workers whose functions can be performed remotely (5), the Covid-19 pandemic may mark the start of a lasting trend towards more home-based telework, combined with presence at the employer’s premises during part of the working time, so that workers perform ‘hybrid work’.
Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.