ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ

The programme aims to develop the knowledge and practical skills required to draft, review, implement and update legally compliant work-from-home and teleworking policies.

It examines the Cyprus legal framework and the interaction between teleworking policies, employment contracts, working-time requirements, health and safety obligations, employee monitoring, data protection, cybersecurity and cross-border working arrangements.

ΣΕ ΠΟΙΟΥΣ ΑΠΕΥΘΥΝΕΤΑΙ

• Employment lawyers and legal advisers;
• In-house counsel;
• Human resources managers and senior HR professionals;
• Data protection and compliance officers;
• Business owners and senior managers; and
• Employment-relations and workplace-policy consultants.

ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΤΕΡΕΣ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΕΣ

Course content

Module 1: The Legal Framework for Teleworking in Cyprus

• Application of the Cyprus Teleworking Law;
• Distinguishing teleworking, hybrid working and occasional work from home;
• Voluntary teleworking arrangements and exceptional circumstances;
• Information that must be provided to the employee;
• Equal treatment of teleworkers;
• The right to disconnect;
• Relationship between the employment contract, teleworking policy and internal     procedures; and
• Principal areas of employer liability and legal risk.
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Module 2: Advanced Drafting of Teleworking Policies

• Scope and application of the policy;
• Eligibility criteria and excluded positions;
• Employee request and employer approval procedures;
• Approved working location, days and hours;
• Attendance, availability, working time and performance expectations;
• Right to disconnect and out-of-hours communications;
• Equipment, technical support and work-related expenses;
• Use of personal devices and bring-your-own-device arrangements;
• Loss, damage and return of company equipment;
• Amendment, suspension and termination of teleworking arrangements; and
• Distinguishing contractual terms from policy provisions.
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Module 3: Managing Legal and Operational Risks

• Employer health and safety obligations;
• Home-workstation assessments;
• Employee responsibilities for maintaining a safe working environment;
• Reporting accidents, injuries and health and safety concerns;
• Data protection and lawful employee monitoring;
• Necessity, proportionality and transparency in monitoring practices;
• Confidentiality and protection of client and company information;
• Cybersecurity and secure access to company systems;
• Unauthorised working from another country;
• Identifying tax, immigration, social insurance and employment-law risks; and
• Practical exercise identifying and correcting defective policy clauses.
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Module 4: Implementation,Governance and Policy Auditing

• Teleworking request and approval forms;
• Home-workstation self-assessments;
• Employer health and safety assessments;
• Equipment registers and compliance declarations;
• Allocation of responsibilities between management, HR, legal, IT, the DPO and health and safety personnel;
• Consistent and non-discriminatory application of the policy;
• Training managers and employees;
• Managing breaches of the policy;
• Periodic auditing, review and amendment;
• Integrated case study; and
• Final participant assessment.