Terra Nova think tank suggests an annual rule of at least 24 days

in Report published Friday 7 Octoberthink tank Terra Nova formulated a series of proposals on remote work, in particular, to combat the culture of presence in companies and create Socially Responsible Mixed Labor.

The distinct thought center on the left starts from the observation raised by remote work ‘forced march’ From the Covid-19 pandemic “Here to last”. Among the eighty-six proposals, the report proposes, among other things, the creation of a national agreement among professionals for a minimum annual rule for a teleworking group 24 days (as in Germany)if the tasks of the employees and the activities of the company allow it.

It also indicates creating a file remote work addressfor “Encouraging companies to make it easier for their employees to access shared workspaces and then give them the choice of where to work (on site, in a third place or at home)”.

Training managers and adapting social rituals

The report also suggests addressing the culture of the present ‘Still deeply rooted in our country’ or recommend to employers who are struggling to hire or retain their employees to question the place to work from home, ‘Often lagging’. As noted by the authors 71% of business leaders have not planned any manager training For practices that have been adapted to mixed work, noting the risks of management transformation that present risks “calm down”.

They also invite companies to review files “Social Rituals” (breaks, meetings, etc.) to adapt it to mixed work. Among their many proposals, they also propose to attach telecommuting agreements the right to dismiss or create the possibility for any employee to declare their unsatisfied desire to work remotely – within a monitoring committee in companies with more than fifty employees, with labor unions elsewhere.