Telework has reconfigured labor relations in organizations and made more visible the mental health problems that affect workers. The intensive use of new information and communication technologies, the overload of work, the extension of working hours, and the blurring of boundaries between the world of work and the family, among other typical factors of teleworking, are significantly affecting mental health. Mental disorders such as work­related stress, depression, anxiety, and exhaustion are becoming more common. This new scenario has generated a legal response. In our country, the Telework Law, and its Regulations, among other rules, provide important but insufficient and limited legal treatment on the subject. Therefore, it is imperative that new legal tools are developed so that the operators of the law are better qualified to settle disputes relating to the protection of workers’...

El presente estudio se propone analizar y evaluar si la Ley N°31572, conocida como la Ley del Teletrabajo, junto con su reglamento, brindan una regulación jurídica efectiva para salvaguardar el derecho a la salud mental en el ámbito del teletrabajo. Los hallazgos muestran que, si bien la normativa incorpora avances relevantes, como el reconocimiento del derecho a la desconexión digital, no ofrece una protección adecuada y objetiva respecto de la salud mental de quienes realizan teletrabajo. Esta conclusión se fundamenta, entre otros motivos, en la ausencia de un marco normativo adecuado para evaluar y gestionar los denominados riesgos psicosociales en el entorno laboral, los cuales están estrechamente relacionados con el surgimiento de problemas asociados a la salud mental. Asimismo, el enfoque sobre los accidentes laborales y las enfermedades profesionales es limitado en cuanto ...

Telework has reconfigured labor relations in organizations and made more visible the mental health problems that affect workers. The intensive use of new information and communication technologies, the overload of work, the extension of working hours, and the blurring of boundaries between the world of work and the family, among other typical factors of teleworking, are significantly affecting mental health. Mental disorders such as work­related stress, depression, anxiety, and exhaustion are becoming more common. This new scenario has generated a legal response. In our country, the Telework Law, and its Regulations, among other rules, provide important but insufficient and limited legal treatment on the subject. Therefore, it is imperative that new legal tools are developed so that the operators of the law are better qualified to settle disputes relating to the protection of workers’...