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The development of information technology and communication (IT) in the professional world has been swift and massive. Today, nearly two thirds of employees and all companies with more than 20 employees use it for their professional activities. The impact this has on a company’s activities is in general important, but its impact on working conditions has never been researched.

The effects of IT on working conditions are numerous and often positive, but they can also be biased. The fact remains that a number of risks exist, including increased work pace and intensity, strengthened activity control that can reduce employee independence, weakened interpersonal relationships and/or collective work. In addition, time and space limits between work and free-time are intermingled, and there are several effects from information overload. The effects of It on the wellbeing at work remain a debated concern.

Following this study that was carried out jointly by the Centre d’analyse stratégique and the Labour Branch for 18 months, this unpublished report defines four themes and twenty proposals for all the actors in a company setting and in the IT ecosystem. 

Among the report's recommendations:

• Consider the information system as a tool to help employees at work.
• Develop internal protocols for using IT in companies.
• Systematically integrate IT and “HRD” users when defining and implementing projects.
• Strengthen the efforts of companies in terms of IT training.
• Establish an interdisciplinary and inter-institutional working group that can monitor the professional use of IT. 

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