Teleworking in the Context of the Covid-19 Crisis

Eraso, Ángel Belzunegui; Erro‐Garcés, Amaya

doi:10.3390/su12093662

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“…In summary, this study contributes to a more thorough knowledge of the divergences in teleworking practices and the characterisation of new teleworkers. In a period like the present one, in which the COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed great potential for flexible working [60], and it is highly likely that, in the near future, flexible working will become the norm rather than the exception in many jobs, our contribution can help to avoid telework promotion policies that deepen the gaps and inequalities between various groups of workers. For instance, women are slightly more likely to report having started teleworking during the crisis than men, while pre-COVID-19 teleworking incidence was higher among men [61].…”

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Who is Teleworking and Where from? Exploring the Main Determinants of Telework in Europe

López-Igual

Rodríguez-Modroño

2020

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Telework and ICT-based mobile work (TICTM) arrangements have emerged in response to technological changes driven by digitalisation, increasing flexibility within the labour market, and globalisation. As telework becomes more widespread, these flexible models of work are rapidly expanding to new categories of employees, changing the factors traditionally found to be important for telework eligibility. The aim of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of new profiles of teleworkers, examining main factors that increase or decrease the likelihood of different TICTM arrangements. We apply multinomial logistic regression models to a sample of more than 20,000 workers from the 6th European Working Conditions Survey. Our findings confirm the heterogeneity in the profiles of teleworkers, particularly distinguishing by TICTM arrangement. Occasional teleworkers are usually male managers or professionals, but a relevant percentage of highly mobile teleworkers are technicians and associate professionals, while clerical support workers amount to a large group of home-based teleworkers. The majority of occasional and highly mobile teleworkers are still men, but this can no longer be said of home-based teleworkers. The correlations between telework and permanent contracts, full-time jobs, and living in urban areas are weak, showing that TICTM is spreading into more precarious, temporary, and lower-paid jobs, especially among home-based teleworkers and highly mobile teleworkers.

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Who is Teleworking and Where from? Exploring the Main Determinants of Telework in Europe

López-Igual

Rodríguez-Modroño

2020

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“…However, these findings highlight socioeconomic differences among participants who did and did not report teleworking before illness onset, with non-White employees and those who earn less money having less opportunity to telework. Sociocultural disparities and unemployment have also been observed in industries where telework options are not feasible (5)(6)(7). Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander, and other; these were combined because of small sample sizes.…”

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Telework Before Illness Onset Among Symptomatic Adults Aged ≥18 Years With and Without COVID-19 in 11 Outpatient Health Care Facilities — United States, July 2020

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Olson²,

Tenforde³

et al. 2020

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, large-scale efforts to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), have continued. Mitigation measures to reduce workplace exposures have included work site policies to support flexible work site options, including telework, whereby employees work remotely without commuting to a central place of work.* Opportunities to telework have varied across industries among U.S. jobs where telework options are feasible (1). However, little is known about the impact of telework on risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection. A case-control investigation was conducted to compare telework between eligible symptomatic persons who received positive SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results (case-patients, 153) and symptomatic persons with negative test results (control-participants, 161). Eligible participants were identified in outpatient health care facilities during July 2020. Among employed participants who reported on their telework status during the 2 weeks preceding illness onset (248), the percentage who were able to telework on a full-or part-time basis was lower among case-patients (35%; 42 of 120) than among control-participants (53%; 68 of 128) (p<0.01). Case-patients were more likely than were control-participants to have reported going exclusively to an office or school setting (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.8; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.2-2.7) in the 2 weeks before illness onset. The association was also observed when further restricting to the 175 participants who reported working in a profession outside the critical infrastructure † (aOR = 2.1; 95% CI = 1.3-3.6). Providing the option to work from home or telework when possible, is an important consideration for reducing the risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection. In industries where telework options are not available, worker safety measures should continue to be scaled up to reduce possible worksite exposures.

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“…The current global pandemic at the beginning of 2020 has fostered sectors such as teleworking and e-commerce. On the one hand, teleworking allows the increase of the population in rural areas [25,28] and, on the other hand, e-commerce has been a lifeline and an opportunity for reinvention for small local markets. E-commerce allows purchases to be made online without driving to the store, which has great potential for rural areas [29].…”

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Internet Access in Rural Areas: Brake or Stimulus as Post-Covid-19 Opportunity?

Ruiz-Martinez

Pérez

2020

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The lack of internet access in most rural areas has become a challenge worldwide. The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted trends such as teleworking and e-commerce, meaning an opportunity for the local economy of these areas, but with serious difficulties in carrying it out. This paper aims to detect this lack of internet in inland areas of the region of Valencia through local actors, in order to identify clear priorities and real needs through an explorative and replicable approach based on agglomerative hierarchical clustering (AHC). The main findings suggest that there are different patterns in the rural internet access related to adequate infrastructure and planned actions by local councils. In this way, a multitude of contextual elements have emerged that influence the importance of efficient access to the internet in rural areas. It is essential to know the real needs and demands of the population before implementing plans and programs that may not be relevant for the actors involved in territorial development.

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Teleworking in the Context of the Covid-19 Crisis

Cited by 543 publications

References 33 publications

Who is Teleworking and Where from? Exploring the Main Determinants of Telework in Europe

Who is Teleworking and Where from? Exploring the Main Determinants of Telework in Europe

Telework Before Illness Onset Among Symptomatic Adults Aged ≥18 Years With and Without COVID-19 in 11 Outpatient Health Care Facilities — United States, July 2020

Internet Access in Rural Areas: Brake or Stimulus as Post-Covid-19 Opportunity?

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