Challenges and Measures for Establishing Telework from a Medical Perspective and Occupational Health Professionals’ Perspective

Abstract

Issues to be addressed for the establishment of teleworking were summarized and countermeasures were discussed at the conference from the standpoint of an occupational health professional. After a comprehensive presentation by an occupational physician on health problems caused by teleworking and issues related to their management, a cooperating public health nurse presented a case study from a company and touched on questions from a legal perspective that arise in the workplace. After the report at the conference, specific measures for cooperation with family members were discussed as examples of countermeasures, and the use of the “Worker Fatigue Accumulation Level Checklist by Family Members (Telecommuting Version)” was proposed.