Teleworking Under German Labor Law

In the year 2000, more than 5 million Germans will work under conditions considered as teleworking. Any services rendered outside of the business site through computer and modern communication are deemed to be teleworking. Teleworking services may be rendered entirely or at least partially from the teleworkers' home. In addition, teleworkers may also work in specialized teleworking business centers and - as an extreme example - an entire firm may be organized as a "virtual enterprise" with teleworking. Telecommunication techniques are developing. Already today, teleworking services are rendered from abroad, such as known computer programming in India. Thus, any future business organization must face the issue of teleworking.