France: teleworking at the heart of a new meeting between unions and employers
A new meeting will take place this Friday, September 11 to convince the employers to negotiate new rights for the millions of teleworking employees.
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In France, at the height of the health crisis, more than a quarter of workers performed all of their tasks remotely against 3% in 2017, according to Medef.
The employers this week submitted to all the social partners a document drawing up a project for a “shared diagnosis” on teleworking.
During the meeting on Friday, the unions hope to convince the employers to go further.
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The twelve-page document received less than 48 hours before the meeting does not fully satisfy Béatrice Clicq, Confederal Secretary of Force Ouvrière (FO).
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Very little commitment and a document that is still very much aimed at companies from our point of view.
So for us, it will effectively be a question of re-establishing a balance.
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The unions want the negotiation of a national interprofessional agreement.
On the contrary, Éric Chevée, vice-president of the Confederation of small and medium-sized enterprises (CPME), does not see the point.
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We don't see so many points on which the law should be amended.
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Texts from 2005, 2012 and 2017 already provide a framework for this practice.
A superposition which in the eyes of Béatrice Clicq created a blur.
FO intends to insist on several conditions.
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We are also very attached to the fact that the notion of volunteering is well preserved and that we pay close attention to the fact that the social bond is preserved.
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FO is opposed to 100% teleworking except in exceptional cases.
On this point, the discussion seems rather accepted on the employers' side.
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The point on which we should agree is the issue of the exceptional period.
There, indeed, perhaps, it would be advantageous to put a frame.
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Nevertheless, Eric Chevée wants teleworking agreements to remain generally discussed at company level.
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