Guest of the RTL-Le Figaro-LCI Grand Jury, Olivier Véran affirmed that "you should not be afraid of teleworking".
It is "recommended and encouraged," said the Minister of Health.
"We must not be afraid of teleworking" to fight against the coronavirus epidemic, hammered on Sunday the Minister of Health Olivier Véran ensuring that it was even necessary to encourage it in areas of enhanced and maximum alert.
Teleworking "is recommended and highly encouraged, as soon as possible, for people with disease, in high alert zones and high alert zones", Olivier Véran detailed to the RTL-Le Figaro Grand Jury -LCI.
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"Teleworking works"
"It is an important measure and it is an effective measure, in the sense that teleworking, it works," he said.
The employers finally agreed on Tuesday to open a negotiation on teleworking, with a first meeting scheduled for November 3, a decision cautiously welcomed by the unions who demand to frame this practice massively used since March to avoid the spread of Covid-19.
"We can not be behind every company," assured the Minister of Health.
"There is also common sense that operates."
"When you are at the head of a company (...) which can run with employees who work from home, it is up to you to encourage them", he insisted.