With the arrival of teleworking and the discovery of new places to work remotely, many employees are currently requesting more and more days of teleworking, or even the possibility of becoming a digital nomad. Giving your employee the opportunity to live this experience has many benefits in terms of increasing the company's productivity and the possibility of hiring talent from around the world. To send your employee to work in another country, you must follow steps and pay attention to certain elements.
Communication
Before making any decision, you must first create dialogue and discuss with the worker their expectations and fears. A good recruit is more likely to thrive in the company and recommend it if they feel listened to. The person interested in this mode of operation must preferably have a rich social or family life so as not to suffer from loneliness. This choice of working method must suit both parties to avoid worry. Indeed, you must be able to trust your employee so that they can perceive all the benefits of this experience. In addition, it must be the same for the employee who must set the limits and demonstrate the trust that his manager can give him.
Frame the geographical perimeter using clear rules
It is important to agree on the selection criteria for the destination in question. Indeed, the country from which your employee will telework must not present any geographic, political, health, climatic or even social risks. In addition, the time zone is also an important element: there is a psychological risk if the employee connects outside of his colleagues' hours. In some cases, depending on the employee's area of expertise or personality, time difference will not be a deciding factor. Your future global worker must go and live in a country with a reliable and good quality wifi connection to be able to communicate with them throughout their experience. It will also be necessary to look at the teleworking programs currently available in the targeted destinations. Some of them do not yet have a teleworking visa but nevertheless welcome many digital nomads thanks to traditional visas. It is preferable to turn to “digital nomad visas”, like those we currently offer. feel free to Contact us if you have a question about a visa not yet available on our site.
Frame the legal perimeter
Teleworking can be requested by the employee or by you. In this case, we look at the employee's request to telework from abroad. The aim of this approach is not to approach clients present internationally but rather to allow its employees to flourish professionally and allow them to take real breaks during these non-working hours and days. Your worker must be able to telework with the equipment you have provided. In certain legislations, you will have the possibility of participating in financial expenses relating to an internet subscription in particular. By financing an internet subscription, your employee will not connect to public wifi and will therefore be much less likely to be hacked and your confidential company data will be preserved. Your employee works under your authority in return for remuneration. But be careful not to exceed the limits of this authority and break the trust created between you and your employee. Whether your employee is abroad or not, working hours must be respected. If your company decides to switch completely to teleworking, your employee has the right to move abroad without your consent but he must be able to carry out his duties correctly.
Provide remote monitoring
To prevent dropping out, regular monitoring must be put in place. The goal being that the employee remains fully part of the company, regular meetings at times convenient to both parties must be arranged. Feeling abandoned on the other side of the world is a feeling that could lead to total detachment and a loss of interest in the missions of your work. Since 2017, the right to disconnect has been implemented in labor law and in particular "the right to disconnect and the establishment by the company of systems to regulate the use of digital tools, with a view to 'ensure respect for rest and leave times as well as personal and family life'. It is recommended to help separate leisure and work, in particular by setting up coworking spaces. The definition of fixed hours is also part of this. The goal is to support the person in their experience to let them know that they have made the right choice. Teleworking and daily monitoring software have been put in place to ensure the completion of given missions. The diversity of these tools makes it possible to live remotely at 100% today. Creating seminars in different destinations with the whole company allows you to create real team cohesion (However, don't forget to apply for a visa in this case.).
Thus, teleworking is a way of working that must be implemented rigorously. When the steps are respected, everything goes well and we can observe more efficient companies and more efficient and fulfilled employees. Be careful not to confuse the teleworking experienced during the confinement period, which was unprepared and endured, with that which you will put your employee through, which will be thought through, desired and prepared.
And you, how do you go about supporting your employees on a daily basis without being too omnipresent?
