Press Release: Telework: Diamantopoulou welcomes European agreement on telework in the commerce sector

On 26 April 2001 the Employment Commissioner, Anna Diamantopoulou, welcomed the social partners' EU-wide agreement on guidelines for telework in the commerce sector. Commerce is the EU's largest sector, employing 23 million workers or 16% of the total workforce. The agreement sets out firm guidelines for regulating telework through collective agreements and other arrangements at national and company level. It stipulates that teleworkers should be employed on a similar basis to any other employee, enjoying comparable employment rights, remuneration structures and career opportunities.

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http://www.union-network.org/unisite/sectors/commerce/index_social_dialogue.htm http://www.union-network.org/unisite/sectors/commerce/index_social_dialogue.htm

http://www.eurocommerce.be/ http://www.eurocommerce.be/

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