On October 16, 2024, the TWING project hosted its highly anticipated final conference. The event gathered over 40 participants from a diverse range of sectors, including social partners, academia, and European agencies. Attendees from Austria, Estonia, Finland, Portugal, Poland, and Spain came together to review the project’s findings and discuss the future of telework regulation through collective bargaining and social dialogue.

Marc Caballero, the TWING project manager, opened the conference with an overview of the project, followed by María Canal Fontcuberta from the European Commission Representation in Spain. She emphasized the project’s relevance in the context of EU policy debates on telework.

The conference then moved into four in-depth roundtable discussions:

• Roundtable 1: Led by Jesús Cruces (First May Foundation), this session focused on the challenges of telework regulation across EU countries. Maria Caprile from Notus highlighted key regulatory issues, while Dr. Pablo Sanz de Miguel of the University of Zaragoza presented comparative insights from the TWING project. The session concluded with an engaging Q&A with the audience.
• Roundtable 2: Chaired by Dr. Óscar Molina from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, this session allowed TWING partners to share national-level findings. Researchers from Austria, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Portugal, and Spain examined how existing legislation and institutional factors shape telework regulation in each country, with a focus on current themes in collective bargaining.
• Roundtable 3: Moderated by Maurizio Curtarelli of EU-OSHA, this discussion brought together social partners from Estonia, Finland, Poland, Portugal, and Spain. Representatives from employer and trade union organizations explored challenges and opportunities in telework regulation, including access, occupational safety, and health under remote working conditions.
• Roundtable 4: Ricardo Rodríguez Contreras of Eurofound led a Spanish-focused session with representatives from major trade unions and employer organizations. The group discussed Spain’s Law 10/2021 on remote working, sharing perspectives on its impact and relevance for collective bargaining.