The employer's work environment responsibility is both broad and far-reaching and the Swedish legislation is defined in terms of responsibility. But this applies substantially when the employee works on the employer's premises. When it comes to telework, which has increased significantly over the last couple of years due to the covid-19 pandemic, the legislation is not as defined. A need for development has arisen in order to make sure that both the employers and the teleworkers are aware of their rights and obligations concerning the working environment. Therefore, the essay examines telework as a, now common and widespread, form of work and the gaps in the legislation when it comes to the employer´s work environment responsibility. This mainly concerns how to manage the physical distance between the employer and the teleworker, lack of transparency in terms of risks and occupational injuries and the psychosocial challenges. Methods used in the essay are a combination of legal dogmatic method and legal sociology method. The main work is based on the legal dogmatic method and the questionnaire survey on legal sociology method. The purpose of the essay, which forms the basis of the questions, is to clarify the legislation and the definition of telework and, with empirical data from the survey, illustrate how the increased amount of telework in Sweden is in need of more defined and easily accessible legislation. The current legislation in for example AML is well defined in terms of general work environment rules, but not specific enough when it comes to telework. This applies for both employers and employees and, as the survey shows, has a negative effect on the working environment. The covid-19 pandemic may be over but the increased number of teleworkers seems to be here to stay and therefore the legislation needs to be updated in order for the working environment to function in the same way as for those employees working on site.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-125755 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Widing, Johanna, Öberg, Klara |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för rättsvetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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