According to a study by the Institute of Statistics, published on Wednesday, 22% of employees resorted to teleworking every week in 2021. This practice was mainly used during the first five months of the year.
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More than one in five employees teleworked in 2021, reveals an INSEE study published on Wednesday March 9. On average, 22% of employees have thus resorted to teleworking each week. Among those concerned, 44% teleworked all week and 56% for only part of the week.
In detail, the practice was very popular with companies over the first five months of the year, the government having asked companies to switch to 100% telework for suitable positions, in the face of the spread of Covid-19. Ihe figure even climbed to 31% in April. With the easing of restrictions at the beginning of June, telework experienced a sharp decline between July and November. The further worsening of the health situation at the end of the year caused a rebound in telework in December.
According to INSEE, everyone is far from being housed in the same boat. Thus, nearly one in two employees occupy a position where teleworking is not possible (47%). This mainly concerns workers, employees, health or trade professions. Young people under 30 and part-time employees are also much less likely to have used the practice (17% and 12%). On the other hand, more than one in two executives teleworked in 2021 (55%). The socio-professional category even represents a total of six out of ten teleworkers last year.
The geography of teleworking is also unbalanced. The study points out that 56% of employees living in Paris worked from home last year compared to around 10% in the overseas departments or the least dense municipalities of metropolitan France. According to INSEE, the difference is explained by “longer home-work journeys and a greater dependence on public transport, which may be associated with a risk of contamination in times of health crisis”.