How to ensure employees' well-being in the digital age? Discussing (new) working time policies as health and safety measures

A. Ginès i Fabrellas

doi:10.7238/idp.v0i35.392944

How to ensure employees' well-being in the digital age? Discussing (new) working time policies as health and safety measures

Título traducido de la contribución: ¿Cómo garantizar el bienestar de los empleados en la era digital? Discutiendo (nuevas) políticas de jornada laboral como medidas de salud y seguridad

A. Ginès i Fabrellas

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La tecnología y los acuerdos de trabajo flexibles tienen efectos potencialmente positivos en el bienestar de los empleados, al favorecer la autonomía, el equilibrio entre vida laboral y personal, reducción de los conflictos de roles y el estrés. Sin embargo, también pueden desencadenar nuevos riesgos psicosociales derivados de la intensificación del trabajo, superposición entre trabajo y vida, conectividad constante y la disponibilidad permanente. En este contexto, el documento realiza un análisis jurídico de las políticas de jornada laboral recientemente reconocidas a escala europea para determinar su oportunidad y potencial para contribuir al bienestar de los empleados en la era digital. El texto analiza las políticas de jornada laboral recientemente reconocidas por el Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea o por los Estados miembros y su impacto potencial en el bienestar de los trabajadores. El objetivo del documento es determinar si la regulación legal actual de tales políticas de jornada laboral puede contribuir potencialmente al bienestar de los empleados al limitar los efectos negativos de la tecnología y la flexibilidad y, al mismo tiempo, permitir los positivos. Las principales conclusiones son que existe la oportunidad y el potencial de que las políticas de jornada laboral contribuyan al bienestar de los empleados, ya que actúan como medidas de salud y seguridad al garantizar el respeto del tiempo de trabajo máximo, los periodos mínimos de descanso y el equilibrio adecuado entre vida laboral y personal. La pandemia de la COVID-19 ha desatado un enorme potencial para el trabajo flexible y es probable que el teletrabajo se vuelva más común después de la crisis, dada la experiencia generalmente positiva de los trabajadores y empleadores. En este contexto, las políticas de jornada laboral tienen la capacidad y el potencial de actuar como medidas de salud y seguridad y contribuir al bienestar de los empleados.

Título traducido de la contribución	¿Cómo garantizar el bienestar de los empleados en la era digital? Discutiendo (nuevas) políticas de jornada laboral como medidas de salud y seguridad
Idioma original	Inglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)	1-15
Número de páginas	15
Publicación	Revista de Internet, Derecho y Política. IDP
N.º	35
DOI	https://doi.org/10.7238/idp.v0i35.392944
Estado	Publicada - 1 mar 2022

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