The Information Society and the Teleworking: Considerations about the Extraordinary Working Time

Abstract

The information technology revolution and the power of new technologies have influenced human life on political aspects, economic, social, organizational, changing the market, the companies and the business relations. The emergence of new forms of work was one of the consequences of this new technological paradigm. Telework is the work performed by an employee away from the company’s headquarters, using information technologies for communication with other workers and the employer. This study aims to analyze teleworking, especially with regard to issues related to working time, to identify what would be the most suitable regime to treat extraordinary journey.

Keywords

• Sociedade da informação
• Revolução tecnológica
• Teletrabalho
• Jornada de trabalho
• Jornada extraordinária