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Monday, after more than 50 days of confinement to try to stem the coronavirus epidemic, many employees resumed their way to work. But not all companies have brought their employees back, explains to the microphone at Europe 1 Jean-Claude Delgenes, president of Technologia, a structure approved by the Ministry of Labor and which operates in the assessment and prevention of risks related to professional activity returned to the post-containment economic recovery. According to him, we can differentiate between "small structures and SMEs which have taken over well" and "large companies which are very cautious in taking over".
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"Analyze the situation to avoid making mistakes"
"The leaders in the big defense towers are waiting to have feedback and an analysis of the situation to avoid making mistakes", explains Jean-Claude Delgenes, affirming that volunteering is the rule rather than a massive carryover.
For him, this post-containment situation is of "formidable complexity". "I was chatting with a HR director who told me that he had 14 sites to equip at the national level and that he was in difficulty", says Jean-Claude Delgenes, who explains that this problem is completely logical. "It is necessary to equip the spaces with signage, to lock all the water fountains, to equip the toilets: there is a huge work", he justifies.
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"A formidable headache" for large companies
Because, since Monday, all companies must scrupulously respect the rules decreed by the Ministry of Labor, which indicate that each employee must have a space of four square meters. Concretely, in an open-space of 100m², only 25 people can be present: "A formidable puzzle when you have a lot of people," says Jean-Claude Delgenes.
"It's a huge job to do in terms of planning work spaces", summarizes Jean-Claude Delgenes, who maintains that in large structures, the task is not the easiest. "It's not easy to do. You have a dialogue with elected staff, you have to do everything together. While in small structures, it is more cookie-cutter, (.. .) it's less standardized, "he explains.
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"Opening the debate" on the consequences of telework
If large companies can maintain telework for the next few weeks because it is easier for them to set up, this can also pose several problems, specifies Jean-Claude Delgenes. First, "work overload", during this period. "People have a density and an amplitude of work which is much stronger than when they went to work," he explains.
But also all of the professional expenses which were incurred for office supplies and which were not borne by the company. "I have people who tell me that they have asked for reimbursement and that they have been refused, because there is no legal device for this", says Jean-Claude Delgenes, who invites to open the debate on the subject. "Today, there is a legal vacuum," he concludes.