how employees and companies will organize for the 6 p.m. curfew

The curfew at 6 p.m. from Saturday January 16. (MAXIME JEGAT / MAXPPP)

“If people expect to go home at tea time, no!”. It is the Parisian manager of an SME in the legal field who says it. For him, the curfew at 6 p.m. “it’s to prevent after work, not the work itself!” Like many employers, this one is not particularly worried: the certificates which will allow its employees to leave their work after 6 pm are ready. They will hand them over to his troops tomorrow. It will then suffice, in the event of an inspection, to produce this certificate from the employer and to tick the correct box on the government certificate. Provided of course to be on the way home to work. What if its employees find the stores closed when they get home? “Well they’ll just have to do their shopping on the weekends”, answers this entrepreneur.

François Asselin, the president of CPME, does not say anything else: “For all those who work in two-shifts or three-shifts, there is no problem, the employer will give them the exemption they need to continue their activity.” “In a company, he said, we need to work together. We cannot change the hours of production jobs like that, even if the support functions will be able to finish earlier “. Does he fear friction in companies? “Business leaders, he emphasizes, are men and women like the others. They do their shopping too. The shops are closed for everyone “. François Asselin is sure that his members will be able to show flexibility.

You should know, as the lawyer specializing in social law David Guillouet reminds us, that employees have no power to impose on their boss to leave an hour earlier. On the other hand, they will have an easier time getting their employer to agree to telework as much as possible. Since the refusal must be justified, the 6 p.m. curfew provides additional arguments for working as much as possible at home and therefore for being able to take a break during the day to do shopping and continue working at home beyond the curfew limit.