Based on a note by Laurie Grzesiak
Currently in France, one employee in five is engaged in teleworking, as against one in two in the Scandinavian countries.
Several explanations may be advanced for French backwardness in this area.
A Refusal to Acknowledge the Phenomenon: the notion of teleworking made its appearance only recently in the French labour code, being mentioned for the first time in 2012. Moreover, there is no precise definition (particularly with regard to the number of days of teleworking) that enables us to form a clear view of the number of employees involved in France. Moreover, teleworking within a company is oft...