The European policies constantly underline the utility of part-time agreements in the labour fields as important instruments that respond certain flexibility needs coming from the employees, thus ensuring an optimal balance between the professional and personal life. From this perspective, the EU Directive 97/81/CE concerning the Framework Agreement on part-time work underlines, through its content, the importance of this work schedules...

Romania has recently taken a first step towards establishing an institutional and legal framework for teleworking programs, by proposing a bill aimed to regulate teleworking activities. The bill has been approved by the executive, which means that Romanian employees might soon be teleworking. At first sight, the process of regulating telework currently conducted on the Romanian labor market, is a major factor in developing the innovativ...