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Interestingly, in Spain this would be illegal. After a law introduced last year, long-term remote working (>30% of hours outside the office for 3+ months) now
by pimterry 5y ago
Interestingly, in Spain this would be illegal.
After a law introduced last year, long-term remote working (>30% of hours outside the office for 3+ months) now requires the worker and company to agree written terms (who'll pay for costs, how much remote is allowed, what worker monitoring will be used, if any, on what schedule does the worker have to be available, etc).
As part of that, there's legal protections against discrimination in salary, promotions, working hours etc. You cannot employ a remote worker and an in-office worker in Spain and pay the remote worker less money just because they're remote.
More details: https://parakar.eu/sp/remote-working-in-spain-covered-by-law/ https://parakar.eu/sp/remote-working-in-spain-covered-by-law...
- midnightcity 5y agoI wonder at what point it becomes cheaper to simply establish an office in a different jurisdiction for the purpose of hiring remote workers...
- pimterry 5y agoThe same applies to absolutely all employee protections, right? Rather than providing paid holiday, paying overheads like social security, and following other anti-discrimination laws, you could always hire your local workers as non-employee contractors via a foreign jurisdiction. Most companies don't, for lots of good reasons. Remote work makes such tricks a little easier, but not dramatically so.
- biztos 5y agoUntil recently I had a home-office contract in Germany. The contract gave them the right to relocate me, which seemed like a funny clause 15 years ago, nowadays I might worry about them actually doing it as part of some policy alignment.