The Ministry of Labor published on Saturday on its site a guide to telework for deconfinement, in the form of questions and answers, for employers and employees. "To achieve # deconfinement, companies must make the most of #teletravail. After advice from the social partners, today we are publishing a guide to help companies and employees in this organization of work", tweeted Minister Muriel Pénicaud.
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This guide will be aimed at "companies which until now were not used to teleworking and which had not put in place an agreement and a charter, which do not always know how to organize teleworking", the minister explained on Thursday. at the press conference of Edouard Philippe on deconfinement.
To succeed in # deconfinement, companies must make maximum use of #working. After opinion of the social partners, we publish today a guide to help companies and employees in this work organization.https: //t.co/OTBNr4eNuLpic.twitter.com/uJjR9csVCE
- Muriel Pénicaud (@murielpenicaud) May 9, 2020Five million people affected
According to the ministry, around five million people are currently teleworking. "We also count on the responsibility of each company in particular to continue to use telework as much as possible and especially in Île-de-France where it is crucial", she added.
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Union officials have criticized this initiative for wanting to keep hold of such a guide and are also considering organizing an interprofessional negotiation on telework. "If the result of the negotiations arrives in September-October, it is interesting for the future but it will not be operational for the next phase," replied Muriel Pénicaud.