The rights of a remote worker as a guarantee of unhindered performance of the labor function

The article explores the modern phenomenon of telecommuting and focuses on the rights of employees who perform their work duties outside the traditional workplace. In today’s conditions of globalization and digitization of the economy, more and more employees are interested in remote work mode. This trend is due to both the need to adapt to new working conditions and the desire to ensure flexibility in the performance of work duties. However, despite the growing popularity of remote work, the issue of the rights of remote workers in Ukraine remains insufficiently researched. This article is devoted to the overview and characteristics of the main rights of teleworkers as a guarantee of the unhindered performance of the labor function. The author analyzes the main legislative acts that secure the rights of remote workers, in particular in the context of Ukrainian labor legislation, as well as the Model Labor Contract on remote work, and highlights the key rights that ensure the unhindered performance of the labor function. Special attention is paid to the issue of choosing a workplace together with by comparison with another type of atypical employment – homework; organization of working hours, material and technical support, as well as general employee rights, such as the employee’s right to paid annual leave, wages, the right to provide social guarantees and mandatory social insurance, to be a party to social dialogue, etc. The author also considered the set of rights of a teleworker, which is provided for in a standard telework contract. The article emphasizes the importance of ensuring the rights of teleworkers in order to create an effective, fair working environment and integrate into it an employee who works under an employment contract for telework. The article will be useful for remote workers who want to familiarize themselves with their rights and obligations; employers who seek to organize the effective work of remote teams; lawyers specializing in labor law; civil servants who are engaged in the development of legislation in the field of legal regulation of remote work in Ukraine.