Health and Safety at Work in Times of Remote Work
Three important components that marked work during the COVID-19 period are described: remote work, health and safety during teleworking, and personal responsibility.
Abstract
In recent years, there have been upheavals and a change in the way work and tasks are performed. Employees and companies have had to become much more innovative and adaptable to be able to survive, despite the changes brought about by the global situation. During the COVID-19 pandemic, matters took a turn for the worse, as most companies carried out teleworking to ensure health and safety at work, while companies continued to provide a safe working environment. The personal responsibility of individuals is not only to ensure their own health but also to meet the requirements of health and safety at work, thus families had to adjust and adapt around work in such a way as to meet these requirements. In this paper, the authors describe three important components that marked work during the COVID-19 period: remote work, health and safety during teleworking, and personal responsibility. Through three main topics, the authors provide answers to questions about work that affects health and safety at work, while also covering the findings of statistics from the field of work performance and the importance of personal responsibility in ensuring health and safety at work during remote work.