End of the relaxation of teleworking.
Jean Castex sounded the recall this Friday evening, in the light of the new epidemiological elements and the need to slow down the course of the new variants.
"We can still give ourselves a chance to avoid containment," pleaded the Prime Minister at a press conference hastily scheduled, after an equally sudden Defense Council.
And for that, companies and employees must make efforts.
The head of government calls for "in all companies an effective recourse to reinforced teleworking".
A consultation with the social partners should open Monday "to define the outlines" he announced.
"The challenge is to enforce this rule more strictly because we have observed an erosion", indicates the entourage of Elisabeth Borne.
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According to a study by the Ministry of Labor that we have revealed, between November 2020 and the end of January 2021, in other words since the end of the second confinement, the number of employees declaring to telework full-time fell by 15%.
A margin for improvement that the government intends to use, knowing that teleworking is one of the most effective measures in the prevention of Covid in business.
One day a week at the office, still possible?
All teleworking, for those whose tasks allow it, the “obligation” will therefore once again be hammered home by Élisabeth Borne and her labor inspection services.
The one-day valve at the office, decided on January 7, and which allows employees to return to their place of work, one day a week, with the employer's agreement, should nevertheless be maintained.
The Minister had to give up ballast to respond to the request of employers' organizations and certain trade union centers which alerted to the problem of isolation of certain employees, but also on questions of work organization.
According to the study by the Ministry of Labor, a third of 100% teleworking employees used this flexibility.
Mainly those under 35 (50%) and employees living in Ile-de-France (43%).
Élisabeth Borne intends to re-mobilize all the companies where a more general slackening has been observed.
In two months, the share of employees working from home (100% or partially) has fallen by 6%.
