Margaux Fodéré, edited by Alexandre Dalifard 06:18, February 06, 2023

This Tuesday, a third day of mobilization is planned to oppose the pension reform.

Since the first demonstration, the French have favored teleworking.

On the other hand, with this system, a day of strike has only a limited impact on the French economy and business activity.

Teleworking during strikes: yes, but how far?

With this system, part of the French have found the trick to escape the days of strike.

From now on, the latter have only a limited impact on the French economy and business activity.

But, when the movement takes hold and the days of strikes multiply, resorting to teleworking is no longer possible.

Because many jobs are not “teleworkable”.

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In Ile-de-France, where the impact of strikes is strongest since the majority of workers take transport to go to the office, six out of ten employees cannot work at home.

So faced with the strike, two options: get up earlier and try your luck in transport, or simply put your day down. 

“We cannot repeatedly take days off”

A solution that is not sustainable, for Marie-Sophie Ngo Ky Claverie, Director General of MEDEF Paris.

“We cannot repeatedly ask for days off. First, because it disorganizes the work and because for ourselves, we may have other projects and need other days to go on vacation” , she points out.

For employees who can telecommute one or two days a week, it is difficult to do more.

"There are many face-to-face days. Tuesday and Thursday are preferred days in companies for interactions or team meetings. And there, strikes were chosen on Tuesday and Thursday", laments Marie- Sophie Ngo Ky Claverie.

And this impact on the organization at work worries business leaders: according to MEDEF, nearly 70% of them already feared social movements in the country at the end of last year.