Interregional Academy of Personnel Management allows and promotes telecommuting and remote working for employees in cases where this format is feasible — for example, when lecturers can conduct classes with students remotely (excluding laboratory classes) — as well as for the Academy’s administrative staff.
Remote work is a form of work organization wherein work is performed by an employee outside the work premises Academy, in any place of the employee's choice and using information and communication technologies.
In the case of the remote work introduction, the employee independently determines the workplace.
Working remotely, the employee splits working time at their own discretion, and the internal labour regulation rules do not apply to them. In this case, the total duration of working hours shall not exceed the standards.
The Academy providing remote employees with the necessary equipment, software and hardware, information security, and other means to perform their duties, the procedure and terms for such employees to submit work completion reports the amount.
An employee who performs remote work is guaranteed a period of free time for rest (disconnection period) wherein the employee may interrupt any information and telecommunication with the owner or their authorized body, and this is not considered a violation of the employment contract or labour discipline.
An employee may request a temporary, for a period of up to two months, transfer to remote work from the owner of the enterprise, institution, organisation or their authorised body if the acts containing signs of discrimination has been committed towards them at the workplace. In this case, the owner of the enterprise, institution, organization or their authorized body may refuse to transfer the employee if the remote work is not possible due to the employee's job function, and if the employee did not provide evidence that discrimination, sexual harassment or other forms of violence took place.
At the time of epidemic or pandemic threat, the need for self-isolation of the employee in cases established by law, and/or in case of armed aggression threat, man-made, natural, or other emergencies, remote work are introduced.
Pregnant women, employees who have a child under three or care for a child according to a medical conclusion until they reach the age of six, employees who have two or more children under the age of 15 or a child with a disability, parents of a person with a childhood disability as well as persons who have taken care of a child or a person with a childhood disability, may work remotely, if possible, given the work performed. The Academy actively supports remote work and provides all the necessary resources and tools to ensure its effective implementation.
Confirmation of the Implementation of Telecommuting and Remote Work Practices
As part of its efforts to reduce employee commuting, the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management has introduced telecommuting and remote working as a standard practice.
This commitment is formally confirmed by the inclusion of specific provisions and procedures regulating these forms of work in the Collective Agreement for 2024–2027 of the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management.
In addition, the Academy has established a comprehensive system for monitoring and recording the work performed remotely.
In 2024, Academy lecturers conducted 2,880 classes in remote format using modern telecommuting technologies.
Furthermore, approximately 25% of the administrative staff — including departments such as accounting, online communications, parts of the international office, editors of academic journals, and others — have transitioned to remote working arrangements.
