Invited this Wednesday of the "Talk
Le Figaro
", François Asselin wanted to set the record straight on the sensitive issue, during this phase of reconfinement, of compulsory teleworking.
It is not for the government to decide who should work remotely but
"to the entrepreneur and the employees"
.
For the president of the Confederation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (CPME), the position of Élisabeth Borne, Minister of Labor, is to say the least
“subtle”
because it in fact makes teleworking
“compulsory for everything that can be teleworked”
.
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A rule that allows the administration - where a number of tasks useful to SMEs can be handled remotely - to remain open.
“We are witnessing a double phenomenon that we must manage: on the one hand, employees who say they can telework;
and, on the other, more and more employees who want to come back, ”
insists François Asselin.
This is because they had a bad experience with the first confinement and want to maintain the link with their company, their colleagues ...
At the moment, companies need to be supported and accompanied more than sanctioned.
It is a speech that we take very badly.
The president of the CPME was also angry against the threat of Elisabeth Borne to control and fine the companies which do not play the game of
"compulsory teleworking"
and require of their employees a minimum presence in their premises.
“Companies need, at the moment, to be supported and accompanied rather than sanctioned
,” warns François Asselin.
It is a speech that we take very badly ”
.
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The boss of small bosses returned to the negotiations that the social partners launched Tuesday on teleworking, with the objective of reaching a national agreement on November 23.
No question of scattering, the discussion will have to focus exclusively on
"the exceptional period"
of confinement and the health crisis which forces employers to resort massively to
"imposed telework"
.
Unions not convinced
“We will come back to the current period later
, insists the president of the CPME, without having so far convinced the unions of employees of the usefulness of this dichotomy.
The absolute priority is to respect the sanitary rules ”.
This is all the more so since the development of teleworking must be discussed at the level of each company according to its characteristics.
“It depends a lot on the sector and the geography,”
recalls François Asselin, judging teleworking easier in large cities, where there is public transport and common work spaces, than in rural areas.