"We should not be afraid of teleworking" to fight against the Covid-19 epidemic, hammered on Sunday the Minister of Health Olivier Véran ensuring that it was even necessary to encourage it in areas of enhanced and maximum alert.
Teleworking "is recommended and very encouraged, as soon as possible, for people with disease, in high alert zones and high alert zones", explained Mr. Véran to the RTL-Le Grand Jury. Figaro-LCI.
"It is an important measure and it is an effective measure, in the sense that teleworking, it works", he assured.
The employers finally agreed on Tuesday to open a negotiation on teleworking, with a first meeting scheduled for November 3, a decision cautiously welcomed by the unions who demand to frame this practice massively used since March to avoid the spread of Covid-19.
“We cannot be behind every company”, assured the Minister of Health.
"There is also common sense that operates."
"When you are at the head of a company (...) which can operate with employees who work from home, it is up to you to encourage them", he insisted.
