Travel conditions will be “hardcore” in Paris in the summer of 2024, during the Olympic and Paralympic double fortnight (from July 26 to August 11 and from August 28 to September 8), warned the Minister for Transport on Tuesday, November 14.
Even before this warning from Clément Beaune, Ile-de-France residents were already aware of what awaited them, placing the question of transport at the forefront of their concerns in the run-up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games (JOP).
The same goes for employers. “One of the constraints will be traffic,” notes Eric Lechelard, director of human resources (HRD) of Alcatel-Lucent International. “ But, he admits, we’re just starting to think about it. »
The telecommunications company headquartered in Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine), with 300 employees, is not the only one in this case. For many companies, the changes in work organization that will have to be made during the summer of 2024 are only just beginning to be the subject of reflection.
“We have not yet received anything from the city or the region on the increase in traffic during the Games,” argues Thibault Darsy, Doctolib’s HR director. The traffic plans in Paris should in this case be presented at the end of November. “But there is no question of slowing down our activity”, warns Mr. Darsy.
Possible workplace changes
At RATP, “the activity will be continuous”, also underlines Jean Agulhon, the group’s HR director. And for good reason: the company will have to provide transport for the millions of spectators present in Paris and its surroundings. This requires exceptional mobilization of its staff, changes in schedules, on-call obligations… but also, sometimes, changes in workplaces to take into account travel difficulties.
“The service offering to be provided is equivalent to what we usually do during school periods”, declares Mr. Agulhon. From July 24, 2024, 19,000 agents will be on the ground every day and, from August 28 to September 8 for the Paralympic Games, there will be 21,000. “We will then be in the back-to-school period,” specifies Edgar See, deputy director for the JOP 2024, who is leading the company’s mobilization for the event.
“During the games, there will be no weekends and the teams will operate in rotation. We are going to look for volunteers in support functions to help the agents,” adds Mr. See, while Mr. Agulhon points to another impact on the organization of work: “We are going to change the maintainers’ usual place of work, because traffic will be disrupted. This could result in an increase in travel times. »
You have 55% of this article left to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.