Do teleworkers benefit from restaurant tickets?

Since employees working on company premises are entitled to restaurant titles, teleworkers must also be entitled to restaurant titles if their working conditions are equivalent. The meal must be included in their daily working hours. For example, a teleworker receives one restaurant ticket per day worked if his working day extends from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The employer may define certain criteria for awarding restaurant titles provided that they are objective, i.e. applicable to teleworkers as well as to employees working on site. For example, it may decide to distribute restaurant vouchers on the basis of the distance from home to the workplace, since the distance between work and the employee's accommodation is an objective criterion.

A collective working agreement, existing or to be negotiated, could provide for special arrangements for the award of restaurant titles, ensuring a method of organization in teleworking which takes account of the specific situation of each activity, each service and each employee. However, it must then absolutely respect the principle of equal treatment between the employee who performs his work remotely and the employee who performs it on site.