Compulsory teleworking: up to 1,000 euros a fine by employee for recalcitrant companies

All fines for a company will not be able to exceed 50,000 euros, said the Minister of Labor, Elisabeth Borne, Thursday.

Le Monde with AFP

Faced with the finding that “certain companies remain refractory” to the implementation of teleworking, mandatory “when possible” to cope with the pandemic, the government announced Tuesday wanting to Severe.

Their amount is now known: Thursday, December 30, the Minister of Labor, Elisabeth Borne, announced on LCI an administrative fine amounting up to 1,000 euros per employee “whose situation is not compliant” can be imposed. And this “within 50,000 euros” added the minister, which states that this sanction will be introduced via an amendment in the bill on the vaccinal pass by the end of the week.

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” Make pedagogy “

The Minister of Labor reported that currently approximately “5,000 controls per month” took place, adding that “the goal is to make pedagogy, and we see that most companies play very well the game “.

In the new version of the national protocol, which will apply from 3 January, will indeed be a “teleworking (…) obligation for the positions which allow it for three weeks”, at the rate of ” Three days minimum per week and four days when possible “As the Prime Minister, Jean Castex said on Monday.

The “obligation” for the implementation of teleworking stems from the need for the employer to ensure the health of its employees, listed in the Labor Code, even if its concrete translation into each company falls under the directions of the companies, if possible in the context of social dialogue.

/Media reports.