But if your work is of the nature that it can be done anywhere with an internet connection then remote working (télétravail in French) is possible. If your boss refuses your remote working request and you don't show up at the office you could face disciplinary actions or even dismissal, he warned in newspaper Le Parisien. New employment codes introduced in 2018 mean that there no longer needs to be a change to the employee's contract to allow the occasional day's remote working because of strike action or other reasons. The Montpellier-based lawyer concluded: "Remote working, if not thought of in advance, is a source of litigation. "I advise companies that have not implemented remote working until today not to venture into it for tomorrow, but to think about it for the day after tomorrow."

Source: The Local November 28, 2019 11:03 UTC