At the end of September, 70% of employees worked on site, 12% were teleworking and 3% in full partial unemployment, according to a survey published Monday by Dares, the statistics service of the Ministry of Labor.
The "
Acemo
"
survey
(activity and employment conditions of the workforce during the Covid-19 health crisis) which concerns companies with 10 or more employees in the private sector shows that the share of returning employees site increased compared to the end of August (55%) due in particular to the return from leave of certain employees.
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But the share of on-site employees at the end of September was also higher than in June (63%) due to a drop in the share of employees working from home (12% in September, on average on a given day during the week of reference, against 17% in June) and employees in full partial unemployment (3% in September against 7% in June).
The distribution of teleworking varies according to the size of the companies, with in particular 18% of employees on average over a week in companies with 500 or more employees, and according to the sectors with for example 46% of employees teleworking in the information and Communication.
Since mid-October and in view of the deterioration of the health situation, companies have been invited to define a minimum number of days of teleworking per week, via the health protocol, which does not go so far as to give a weekly objective.
The Head of State Emmanuel Macron notably recommended "
two to three days of teleworking per week
" in companies where this is possible, to "
reduce collective pressure a little
".
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The Dares survey also shows that partial unemployment, which affected nearly 9 million employees in April, fell to 1.1 million employees in September, after 1.3 million in August.
It also indicates that 30% of employees still work in a company whose activity has decreased (after 32% in August and 71% in May) with an uncertainty that remains high, companies that do not know when the return to normal representing 31% of employees.
