REMOTE WORK IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION - A SOLUTION TO THE TIME OF CRISIS OR A NEW STANDARD?

Abstract

Due to the crisis situation related to the SarsCov-2 virus pandemic, employers were forced to look for solutions that would enable the continuity of work and at the same time secure safety in the era of recommended social isolation. The authors discuss the legal conditions for the use of remote work in local government administration during a pandemic. Legal solutions adopted for the duration of the pandemic made it possible for employees to work remotely, at the request of the employer. The study indicates the legal conditions for the use of remote work in local government administration. The authors also present the assumptions of remote work in the proposed amendment to the Labour Code introducing remote work into the Polish legal system on a permanent basis. They discuss the factors that may limit the use of remote work in public administration, in particular in local government administration, despite the lack of subjective and objective premises for the use of remote work in the draft. These factors are the type of work performed, the workplace and variants of remote work. Due to the use of remote work, certain elements of autonomous subordination permeate the employment relationship of local government employees. It is worthy of a positive assessment that the classic model of subordination of a local government employeeis giving way to a more flexible form of autonomous subordination