TELEWORK AND EMPLOYEE COST MANAGEMENT EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS

Abstract

The labor reform that took place in Brazil in 2017 was primarily responsible for regulating the home office in the country. This new way of working has grown in companies that aim to remain competitive, improve the quality of life at work and improve the performance of their business. Given the above, this essay aims to identify the advantages of teleworking, with an emphasis on labor relations and cost management for organizations. Although there is an arduous and challenging work to calculate the fixed and variable costs involved in telework, the need for these to be duly registered, including in a written contract, is highlighted, so that the necessary infrastructure necessary for the adequate and efficient performance of the activities, however, it is essential that there is constant dialogue between employer and employee, so that agreements are established and that both parties’ benefit. Despite the existence of costs inherent to the supply of materials and equipment to perform work activities, telework has been gaining strength especially by reducing costs related to the maintenance of physical spaces in organizations and by promoting increased productivity of employees, in addition to these, highlight also the reduction of trips, saving of spaces for offices and parking lots, reduction of absences and leaves of employees, maintenance of activities in the face of possible disasters a such as the Covid-19 pandemic, among others.