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The increase in positive cases of Covid19 seems to encourage health authorities to take new health measures.
by Clémence Chevallet
This Tuesday, August 18, the Minister of Labor, Elisabeth Borne, announced the new recommendations to the social partners by videoconference, according to Franceinfo.
It is now the turn of companies to take the necessary measures to protect their employees.
Thus, as of September 1, employees will have to mask themselves when they move and when they are likely to meet within their company. And this, including in open spaces and in open offices. The masks, considered as personal protective equipment, will be the responsibility of the employer.
The Minister of Labor was based on an opinion from the High Council of Public Health of August 14, on the transmission of the coronavirus by aerosol (micro-droplets that can remain suspended in the air while floating for several hours).
Elisabeth Borne also encouraged employers to promote teleworking.
For Patrick Martin, deputy chairman of Medef, interviewed a little earlier in the morning on France Info, we must pay attention to “Too coercive measures.” “There is a practical and symbolic dimension (…) this would establish in the minds of employees that the pandemic has come back full blast, which is not the case for the moment. We must not send a counter signal by saying that our country will come to a standstill because that would be fatal, especially in terms of employment. "
According to the latest figures published by Public Health France, 24% of "clusters" (transmission foci) are located in companies (excluding health establishments).