Employers should not by themselves decide to impose a return to the face-to-face office without consulting their employees, pleads Alexandre Leduc, spokesperson for work at Québec Solidaire (QS).
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The leftist political party will table a bill Thursday aimed at making teleworking a right for workers who can afford it.
“We think it can’t just be” no, no, I’m not tempted on the telework, it’s over, we shoot the huller. ” It’s a little too dry, and it can generate conflicts, disappointments, “said Mr. Leduc at the microphone of Mario Dumont at Qub Radio and Télé, Thursday.
• On the same subject, listen to this Balado episode taken from the program by Mario Dumont, broadcast on the Qub platforms and simultaneously on the 99.5 FM Montreal:
Several employees have indicated feeling happier, more comfortable and more efficient thanks to telework, reported the deputy for Hochelaga.
-Alexandre Leduc therefore believes that there should be a discussion and an agreement between the employer and the employees before a return to face -down work is imposed.
“We are not looking for chicane, of course, we are looking for consensus, but in the event of a disagreement, in the event of incapacity to find a compromise, there is the CNESST which exists, which has skills, which has referees, which has inspectors who could decide in a case X or Y, if telework is possible or not for the person who claims it,” he explained.
Productivity issues
While some employers complain about productivity issues due to remote work, Mr. Leduc believes that these problems can easily be resolved with the tools that have already been implemented within companies.
“It is still difficult to demonstrate, I do not know how he does to find out, the employer, that there were how many brasswashes, then cooked muffins,” launched the elected official, with a joke.
“If there is a productivity problem with a particular employee, I hope that the employer will deal with it, will sit with the employee, put performance markers, will do follow -ups, but after that, [il ne faut pas] Started to fall into extreme surveillance either, “he continued.
Listen to the full interview in the video above
