The regional government has approved a decree updating the teleworking regulations for personnel in the autonomous administration, requiring job position relations (RPT) to specify whether the position is suitable for remote work and establishing negative administrative silence.
The Government of the Canary Islands has given the green light to a decree modifying the regulation of teleworking for public employees of the Autonomous Community and its dependent bodies. The new rule, driven by the Ministry of Presidency, Public Administrations, Justice and Security, updates Decree 74/2023 and aims to improve the effectiveness of this work modality.
One of the most significant changes is the requirement that job position relations (RPT) include a specific section indicating whether the position can be performed remotely. This measure, according to sources from the Canary government, will allow for greater transparency and planning in the allocation of this modality.
Furthermore, the decree establishes that the administrative silence in the authorization procedures for teleworking will be negative. That is, if the administration does not expressly resolve within a maximum period of three months from the submission of the request, it will be understood as denied. The resolution, which must be justified, corresponds to the head of the management centre to which the applicant is assigned.
The modification is based on the experience accumulated over the last two years of applying the previous regulation, as well as the annual evaluation reports from the General Directorate of Modernization and Quality of Public Services. It also adapts to Law 2/2025, concerning urgent measures for reducing temporality and efficiently managing public employment in the Canary Islands.
To access teleworking, public employees must meet several requirements. Among them, having sufficient theoretical and practical knowledge in the use of corporate information and communication technologies, having a suitable place to telework with internet connectivity, and complying with occupational risk prevention measures.
It will also be necessary to have authorized and installed licenses for corporate telephony and connectivity applications, or to have a corporate mobile phone published on the intranet of the Government of the Canary Islands. Additionally, it is required to have served in the autonomous administration continuously for at least one year and to have held the job position, or another with equivalent functions, in the same management centre for the three consecutive months immediately prior to the request.
The personal work plan will be developed by the person responsible for the unit for those applicants whose requests are favourably informed. This plan will detail the tasks to be performed remotely and the objectives to be met.
With this update, the Canary government aims to advance the culture of management by objectives and ensure a more effective implementation of teleworking in the regional public administration. The regulation affects all public employees of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, its autonomous bodies, and dependent public entities.
Trade unions have expressed interest in the development of this regulation, considering it a step forward in work-life balance, although they warn of the need for its application to be real and not generate excessive bureaucratic burdens. For its part, the Ministry of Presidency has highlighted that the decree seeks to balance the flexibility of teleworking with the efficiency of public service.
The decree will come into force immediately after its publication in the Official Bulletin of the Canary Islands, allowing interested public employees to start requesting the adaptation of their job positions according to the new regulation.
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