Technical brief

Healthy and Safe Telework

This brief provides information about the health impact of telework and guidance on how to organize telework to protect and promote physical and mental health and social wellbeing of workers.

The aim of this document is to provide technical information to employers, teleworkers and worker representatives about the impact of telework on health, safety and well-being. It provides practical advice on organizing and carrying out telework in a way that protects and promotes physical and mental health and social well-being, according to the existing World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines and ILO standards and guides.