Anoia definitively approves the teleworking regulations for regional staff

The Anoia County Council has definitively approved the partial modification of the corporation’s Teleworking Regulations, after the 30-day period of public exhibition and public information elapsed without any claims or allegations being presented. The agreement, adopted by the Plenary on June 30, 2026, was automatically approved and is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona (BOPB) on September 7, 2026, with official reference CVE 202610136223.

The definitive approval is based on Article 49 of Law 7/1985, of April 2, regulating the Bases of the Local Regime, and Article 178 of Legislative Decree 2/2003, of April 28, which approves the Recast Text of the Municipal and Local Regime Law of Catalonia. The partial modification is incorporated into the original regulation of March 5, 2024, and the full text is published following the edict signed by the president of the corporation, Noemí Trucharte Cervera, based in Igualada.

A European and State regulatory framework

The regulation is framed within the European Framework Agreement on Telework signed in Brussels on July 16, 2002, and the basic regulation of Article 47 bis of Royal Legislative Decree 5/2015, of October 30, which approves the Recast Text of the Law of the Basic Statute of the Public Employee, incorporated through Royal Decree-Law 29/2020. Article 13 of the Workers’ Statute and Law 31/1995 on the Prevention of Occupational Risks also apply.

Voluntariness, reversibility, and working day regime

Access to teleworking is voluntary, reversible, and nominative, and does not alter the legal, remunerative, or functional regime of the personnel. The weekly working day is distributed such that up to a maximum of one working day per day is provided in teleworking mode, extendable to two days after a waiting period of six months.

• Authorization is granted for one year, automatically renewable for maximum periods of one year.
• The right to digital disconnection is guaranteed, in accordance with Article 88 of Organic Law 3/2018.
• For service needs, with 24 hours’ notice, mandatory physical presence may be required.
• Labor personnel must formalize a written agreement that is annexed to the employment contract.

Authorization procedure and monitoring bodies

The application is submitted electronically to the Human Resources Area, along with an occupational risk self-assessment questionnaire. The assigned Area issues an assessment report within a maximum of 10 days, and Human Resources submits a reasoned resolution proposal to Management, which issues the authorization resolution. The regulation also creates a Joint Monitoring and Interpretation Commission and a Teleworking Evaluation Commission, a technical-political body for the monitoring and evaluation of the modality.

The regulation also provides for a special regime of occasional teleworking for emergency situations, lockdowns, weather events, or road closures, in which this modality may even become mandatory. An administrative appeal may be filed against the provision before the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia within two months of publication.

The publication of this regulation consolidates teleworking as a modernization tool for the comarcal administration of Anoia, with the aim of improving staff work-life balance, orienting work toward results, and contributing to sustainability and the reduction of travel, without diminishing the quality of the public service provided to citizens.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona, no. 7-9-2026, local administration section, pp. 1-16 (official reference: CVE 202610136223).