The Government of the Canary Islands has agreed to request an opinion from the Consultative Council on a draft decree that seeks to update the current remote work regulations for civil servants. The initiative, driven by the Department of the Presidency, Public Administrations, Justice and Security, aims to facilitate the implementation of this modality, improve its effectiveness, and promote management by objectives.

With the entry into force of the new decree, civil servants will have to meet a series of requirements for their remote work requests to be accepted. If no express response is received within a maximum period of three months, administrative silence will be considered negative, denying the request with justification.

Among the requirements are possessing sufficient theoretical and practical knowledge in the use of information and communication technologies, as well as having an adequate remote work space with internet connection and occupational risk prevention measures. Furthermore, authorization and installation of corporate telephony and connectivity applications, or a corporate mobile phone, will be necessary.

Another fundamental requirement is having worked uninterruptedly in the Public Administration of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands for at least one year. Likewise, it is required to have held the current position, or another with equivalent functions, within the same management center for a minimum of three consecutive months immediately prior to the application date.

The draft decree is based on the experience of the last two years of applying the norm and on the dysfunctions identified by the General Directorate of Modernization and Quality of Public Services. It also adapts to Law 2/2025, on urgent measures for the reduction of temporality and the improvement of public employment.

Law 2/2025 introduces two key modifications: the obligation for job descriptions to specify suitability for remote work and the clarification of the meaning of administrative silence in the procedures for authorizing remote work services.