Telework expenses: soon a lump sum allowance of 600€ per year?

Telework is now a lasting trend in the world of work. Many companies, since the health crisis, have signed agreements allowing to frame this practice for their employees. Thus, "telework charters" are flourishing, and telework is, since the Macron ordinances, perceived as a right. Whether it is regular, occasional or exceptional, telework is reshaping our relationship with the Le Bureau.

Telework and company: do the rules differ?

Today, telework is no longer imposed, but only recommended by the government, and the rules regarding this professional practice are now in the hands of companies. Many of them have already signed telework agreements and allow telework for an average of 2 to 3 days per week for employees.

This is confirmed by the annual Malakoff Humanis telework barometer 2021, which states that the number of days teleworked isThis is confirmed by the annual Malakoff Humanis telework barometer 2021, which states that the number of days teleworked amounts to 3.6 per week in France and that 86% of teleworkers wish to continue this practice. These figures are even more eloquent in the light of the latest study conducted by YouGov for the recruitment firm Nicholson Search & Selection in the summer of 2021, which shows that 61% of 18-34 year olds are in favor of 100% teleworking . This is an unprecedented shift in the appreciation of this professional practice.

Telecommuting agreements provide a framework for the organization of telecommuting and establish :

• The pace of telework
• The conditions of eligibility for telework
• The tools available to employees
• The places where telework is carried out
• The rules of good conduct...

However, depending on the company's structure and activities, an employer can refuse an employee's request to telework by explaining the reasons for this refusal.

Telework expenses: can we ask for their reimbursement?

Here again, the practice tends to be regulated! If the law already provides for the possibility of companies to pay for all or part of the costs related to telework, through a fixed allowance, the steps are becoming wider. Indeed, the latter was only thought for the practice of working from home and aims mainly at reimbursing the costs of electricity, telephone and internet.

However, not all employees have the same accommodation and some find it impossible to work from home. They are forced to travel to their place of work if they can, or to reserve work space in third-party or coworking spaces.

This is why a bill, filed in November 2021 by LREM deputy Frédérique Larchet, aims to the creation of a "telework title" worth up to 600€ per year for teleworkers. The objective is to facilitate the assumption of responsibility by the employers of the expenses related to the practice of the remote work in the spaces of coworking.

The aim is to make it easier for employers to cover the costs of working remotely in coworking spaces. The telework package, which is similar to a meal ticket or a prepaid dematerialized payment solution, would be exempt from social security contributions and income tax.

It would allow all teleworkers to continue their professional activity in optimal and secure working conditions.

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When will the telework title be implemented?

The proposal of the telework title law should be examined in February 2022, but due to the context of the presidential elections, it could be postponed to the second half of the year.