INTRODUCTION: In recent years psychosocial occupational risks have captured more importance given the insistent search to keep the working population in optimal state of mental and physical health, given the boom of teleworking especially in times of pandemic by COVID 19, so it is essential to establish the main sources of psychosocial risk and identify the protective factors to which workers are exposed in this mode of work, especially related to the development of occupational stress and depression; The aim is to establish in future studies and elements that will allow the consolidation of occupational health surveillance systems in this area. OBJECTIVE: To establish the risk factors and protective factors associated with the development of occupational stress and depression during the telework modality in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. METHODS: A scoping review of the literature was carried out where information was collected from scientific articles in English and Spanish with the keywords home working, covid 19, mental, occupational stress and depression between 2005 and 2021 in databases such as pubmed, ScienceDirect, Academic search complete and Scopus review. Dependent variables such as occupational stress and depression and independent variables such as age, sex, protective factors, risk factors and exposure time were defined for the search. RESULTS: Telework mostly represents a work measure with multiple advantages that outweigh the disadvantages in the studies conducted prior to the covid 19 pandemic, some of them are related to the space-time displacement to the physical workplace, greater autonomy, satisfaction and sense of well-being of employees, which translates into a decrease in the incidence of work stress and psychological disorders. It was found in studies conducted during the pandemic of covid 19 a variety of negative effects that outweigh the advantages during the performance of work at home, some of them given by the increased labor demand, working hours, conflict between the demands of family and work especially in women, decreased communication with colleagues and superiors which leads to isolation and less chance of easily solving difficulties at work and even the possibilities of promotion in their professional life. All this leads employees to develop work stress to a greater extent and even present anxious and depressive symptoms, which implies a high psychosocial risk in such work environment. CONCLUSION It was possible to identify during the COVID 19 pandemic a large number of disadvantages and predominant risk factors at the level of psychosocial risk, given that the incidence of work stress, low job satisfaction, conflicts between family and work roles, increased time spent at work, feelings of anxiety, sadness, social isolation and anguish in general are associated with a high risk of developing stress, psychological disorders and mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety, which increased their incidence not only because of the work modality but also because of the health alert. It is necessary to take into account the importance of carrying out future studies in which the conditions of the work environment from home are improved, including defined schedules, facilities adapted for the worker's comfort, adequate technological tools, assertive communication with supervisors and superiors that allow detecting whether these negative findings are associated with the fact of working from home or is an inherent effect of the public, economic and social health situation worldwide.
