A Progressive Framework for Remote Working: Fairness, Sustainability and Digital Inclusion

This FEPS YAN (FEPS Young Academics Network) policy study is an attempt to sketch out the […]

Policy Study

09/02/2022

This FEPS YAN (FEPS Young Academics Network) policy study is an attempt to sketch out the baselines of a new progressive approach toward remote work. An approach that fosters social justice. An approach that takes seriously the promises and perils of digital transformation. Crucially, an approach that is compatible with ecological boundaries. In other words, the fact that proximity does not seem to play as big a role in shaping our world of work as it used to play does not have to go hand in hand with the erosion of workers’ rights. It does not have to exacerbate the worst excesses of digital capitalism. And it does not have to compound the destruction of the planet. These drawbacks are outcomes of political choices – not of natural laws. They are not inevitable.

Across three strategic levels, the policy proposals illustrate that progressives all across Europe have powerful strategies and tools at their disposal to prevent these outcomes: information; institutions; and labour law.

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