Occupational Risks and Accidents in Telework: Regulatory Shortcomings of Law 31572 in Light of the Prevention Principle

Authors

  • Víctor Andrés Mendoza Guerra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21678/9jjerq39

Keywords:

Telework, Occupational health and safety, Prevention principle, Occupational accidents, Regulatory shortcomings

Abstract

This article analyzes telework regulation in Peru —Law 31572, Law 32102, and Supreme Decree 009-2026-TR— from an occupational health and safety perspective. It identifies regulatory shortcomings: the absence of specific mechanisms for periodic verification of the teleworker’s work environment and the lack of criteria for classifying accidents as work-related in telework. It proposes incorporating an iuris tantum presumption of work-relatedness into the Peruvian legal framework.

Author Biography

  • Víctor Andrés Mendoza Guerra

    Abogado por la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, donde obtuvo la Segunda Especialidad y el Máster en Derecho del Trabajo y Seguridad Social, y Curso Internacional de Estudios Avanzados en Derecho Social por la Universidad de Salamanca. Docente universitario; Gerente Legal y de Relaciones Laborales en Gestión de Servicios Compartidos; árbitro laboral ante el MTPE y árbitro del Centro de Arbitraje Popular del MINJUSDH.

Forseti N° 24

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2026-09-28

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Vol. 15 No. 24 (2026): Vol. 15 Núm. 24 (2026): Forseti N° 24

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Occupational Risks and Accidents in Telework: Regulatory Shortcomings of Law 31572 in Light of the Prevention Principle. (2026). Forseti. Law Review, 15(24), 41–68. https://doi.org/10.21678/9jjerq39