Patrick Martin, the deputy chairman of Medef, was Julian Bugier's guest on Monday in Europe Soir.
In the midst of the health crisis linked to Covid-19 and in order to avoid a new confinement, he called on companies to play the telework game and to encourage their employees to stay at home as much as possible.
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While Prime Minister Jean Castex called on Friday evening for the strengthening of teleworking to fight Covid-19, a large study from the Ministry of Labor estimates that two out of three employees are now present in the office.
A relaxation on which returned Patrick Martin, deputy chairman of Medef and guest of Julian Bugier on Monday in Europe Soir.
In particular, he called on employers to promote the use of remote work as much as possible.
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"There is a form of convergence between the employees and a certain number of employers, who live very badly from teleworking. On the side of the employers, because they consider rightly or wrongly that it penalizes their exploitation, and on the side employees because they can no longer stand being locked up and isolated at home, "said Patrick Martin.
This 'light' confinement, "a lesser evil"
According to him, if we should not toughen the current protocol which only authorizes one day of face-to-face work in a company, everyone must take their responsibilities and take on themselves: "The solution that has been adopted for this light confinement, even if it is penalizing for 25,000 businesses, is a lesser evil. So for us, our message is 'Make good luck against bad luck, and play the game' ".
In 16% of cases, it is the employees who ask employers to switch to teleworking, and do not obtain satisfaction: "It must be awareness on both sides. I insist on this, what we are currently experiencing is certainly not the worst economically, socially and medically, compared to confinement as last spring, "said the deputy president of the employers' organization.
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