The Government 'saves' the teleworking of public personnel by delaying its full implementation for one year
The Minister of Public Administrations, Julio Pérez, has found a formula to overcome the rejection caused by members of the Government itself -Román Rodríguez (NC) and Casimiro Curbelo (ASG)- to the draft decree that regulates the teleworking of public personnel in the Canary Islands.
To get around the 'buts' in the face of a labor formula that is not to the liking of the public, understanding that the service provided is devalued, nor of the companies for the same reason, Pérez has added to the decree a transitory provision that delays one year the full implementation of teleworking in the Canary Islands.
The decree will be taken to the Governing Council for approval, which will be held tomorrow, Friday, according to close sources.
In article 8 of the latest draft of the decree, the Government of the Canary Islands maintains that public personnel may telework up to three days a week maximum; however, at the end of the document a transitory provision (the first) is added that sets some execution deadlines. Thus, During the first six months of the decree, public workers will only be able to telework one day a week. The following six months will be two days and after the first year of validity, up to three days may be accepted.
The union organizations have accepted this delay in the implementation of teleworking, since it is the way to overcome the pitfalls within the Government itself and get it approved. However, they do not like the concession they have had to make.
«We have told the Government that it is the only way for it to move forward, we accept it but We do not share this return that is given that we are many months late», indicate these sources.
As close sources indicate, the teleworking decree is already approved and operational in numerous autonomous communities and in the Canary Islands it is being delayed "more than necessary".
It must be taken into account that this regulation is approved to comply with the provisions of Royal Decree-Law 19/2020, of September 29 and that obliges Public Administrations to adapt their teleworking regulations within six months, with which the Canary Islands should have approved its regulations in mid-2021, almost two years ago.
From the Government of the Canary Islands it is pointed out that the decree complies with the obligation to regulate the teleworking of public workers "on the basis of proportionality", so that itrespects the right of workers to this labor formula while guaranteeing the principle of efficiency in the provision of public services.
The standard, as indicated in the draft of the decree, conforms to the principles of necessity, proportionality, legal certainty, transparency and efficiency. In addition, as stated in several articles of the draft of the decree, in order to benefit from teleworking days it is necessary to meet a series of requirements, including performing a job that can be carried out remotely. In addition, it must be requested in advance in writing and it will be accepted if the needs of the service allow it.
After passing through the Governing Council tomorrow and its approval -provided that no new brakes arise-, the decree will rise to the Advisory Council for its assessment, according to these sources.
