In order to continue business in any conditions, employers transfer employees to remote forms of work: remote or home. The central interregional department of the STS for work with large taxpayers explains how these forms differ from each other and how to properly issue a remote worker.
Remote workers work from anywhere they want. At the same time, they must be in contact with the employer using information and communication technologies.
A home worker works at the place of residence or in other places designated by him outside the employer’s premises. Such work is characterized by a fixed work area or technical means, such as tools, equipment for the production of products, provision of services or other work. The home worker is “tied” to the address specified in the employment contract and can change it only with the permission of the employer.
The working hours are another difference. A home worker usually follows the general operating regime of the enterprise. Whereas the rules of the internal labor regulations are not applied to remote work. He/she distributes working time at his/her own discretion – he/she can work early in the morning or late at night.
Working hours are subject to both forms of remote work: the normal duration is up to 40 hours per week; reduced (for certain categories of employees) – up to 24 or 36 hours per week.