The Minister of Labor announced Thursday that the dialogue was now due to the companies to decide the teleworking rules while since Wednesday, it is no longer imposed but only recommended.
Le Monde with AFP
While the peak of the fifth wave of Covid-19 is finally crossed, the Minister of Labor Elisabeth Borne announced, Thursday, February 3, that the dialogue had to happen within the companies to decide the rules of teleworking. Since Wednesday, teleworking has not been taxed but only recommended.
“We make the hand to businesses,” said the minister on RMC – BFM-TV. “Many companies have signed agreements, it’s time to apply them,” she added, encouraging “might be a little further (that these agreements), because the epidemic. is not behind us “. “I want it to be discussed within businesses to find the right balance,” she pointed out.
Reflux of new infections has been recorded since 1 February. On February 2, 315,363 new infections were detected throughout the territory, compared with 428 008 a week earlier. But, with more than 315,000 new cases a day, almost exclusively due to the Omicron Variant – of an extreme contagiousness – the circulation of the SARS-COV-2 virus remains very high.
No business is is seen inflicting sanction
The minister, who recently called to strengthen teleworking to curb the epidemic, said they were heard. According to the latest teleworking investigation, “an average of 65% of employees who can telecompillate did it, 75% in Ile-de-France, it’s five points more than early January,” said Elisabeth Borne .
So far, no business has been inflicted with sanction, she added. Faced with the observation that some companies remained refractory to the implementation of teleworking, the government declared, at the end of December, wanting to crack. M me has announced that an administrative fine of up to 1,000 euros per employee “whose situation is not compliant” could be imposed, within the limit of 50 000 euros per company .
In question, moreover, about the idea of introducing a four-day week, including Yannick Jadot, the ecologist candidate in the presidential election, M me terminal does not intend to encourage him. “I think (…) it can be discussed” within some companies. “But] I do not advocate at all [that measure for all],” she said.