"
Break the dynamics of the epidemic
" and for that to limit "
interactions
" at work or in shops.
The Minister of Labor, Élisabeth Borne, was the guest of the “Grand Jury RTL-LCI-Le Figaro” this Sunday, November 1 to detail the rules that now apply in companies and places open to the public.
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"The rules are not the same as in the spring,"
said the minister.
Teleworking
"is not optional,"
insisted the minister.
"If 100% of your tasks can be done remotely, you must be
teleworking 5 days out of 5."
This time, not all sectors will be affected by this new situation.
"We want the economy to continue to turn,"
she insisted.
Factories, farms, construction and construction sites will continue to operate because they cannot be "teleworked".
Schools remain open.
Concerning the public service,
"the counters must remain open",
clarified the minister.
Tasks that can be performed remotely should be.
Élisabeth Borne estimates that
"35 to 40% of positions"
can be "teleworked"
"in full".
If employees have the impression that they should be teleworking and that they are not (...) they can contact the Labor Inspectorate
Elisabeth Borne
The Minister said she was confident in the application of these measures.
The protocol put in place for months has forced all companies to transform their organization.
"Business leaders know that when we give rules, it is their responsibility"
.
In recent months, nearly 55,000 interventions have taken place in companies to verify the application of the health protocol, for only 300 formal notices.
Employers who fail to play the game face penalties.
"If employees have the impression that they should be teleworking and that they are not (…) they can contact the Labor Inspectorate"
, recalled the Minister.
Partial unemployment
Élisabeth Borne also underlined the implementation of
“very powerful”
tools
to help companies get through the crisis.
A little over a million French people benefited in September from the partial unemployment scheme.
This figure will
"obviously go up"
alerted Élisabeth Borne.
The filing of partial activity request files experienced a sudden acceleration, after the announcement of the reconfinement with nearly 22,000 requests for Thursday alone, against 5,000 last week.
At the height of containment in the spring, 9 million people were covered by this device.
The minister also specified that the government would be
"extremely vigilant
" vis-à-vis companies that seek state aid in order to avoid windfall effects.
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Unlike last spring, the unemployed at the end of their rights in October will not see their benefits automatically extended.
"We are not in the situation of the spring when economic activity was frozen,"
said Élisabeth Borne, indicating that
"sectors are recruiting",
citing
"care professions, construction, industry"
.
The minister also spoke on the mayors who sign bylaws to leave businesses open.
"These orders are illegal and push traders to commit an offense,"
underlined Élisabeth Borne, recalling that the Solidarity Fund will now be able to go up to 10,000 euros for the companies most affected by the crisis.
