Teleworking: new flexibility or greater inequalities?

The equipment of the teleworker.

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By: Emmanuelle Bastide

2 min

According to the National Agency for the Improvement of Working Conditions, 45% of French people want to continue teleworking occasionally and only 12% do not want to continue at all.

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In Germany and the United Kingdom, 40% of companies have decided to perpetuate the practice.

However, the generalization of home work also raises concerns: inequalities, employee equipment, respect for the right to disconnect.

Should telework be a choice and not a constraint?

How should HRD and employees manage what is likely to become the norm? 

With

:

Martial Kadji-Ngassam

, teacher-researcher at

Essec in Douala

, associate researcher at the

University of Versailles St Quentin en Yvelines

, in management sciences, consultant for the business

consultancy

firm

PANESS

Frédéric GUZY

, general manager of the association

Entreprises et personnel

, network of companies working on HR and social issues of companies

Samir AYOUB

, associate professor in finance, doctor in management sciences at the University Panthéon-Assas.

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