Sibeth Ndiaye salutes the employees who go to work "the ball in the belly"

Government spokeswoman Sibeth Ndiaye greeted the workers who are going to work " with a ball in their stomachs " on Thursday, but considers that the right of withdrawal does not apply, since the employer ensures " the health security that is theirs due ”.

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" I really want to salute all those who get up in the morning with a lump in their stomachs and who participate in this effort in the health war that we are waging " against the coronavirus, said Sibeth Ndiaye on Franceinfo quoting, by for example, cashiers in supermarkets or supermarkets.

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She recalled " the message that is ours: economic activity must not stop ". " I know there is fear, but it is important that they are at work ", she insisted, stressing " the legitimate concern, completely understandable, that can be experienced by a number of employees ”. " All people whose function does not allow them to work remotely, must be able to work face to face, but this work must be done safely, it is owed to them by the employer, " argued the Secretary of State.

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Asked about the exercise of the right of withdrawal, she recalled that it is a right which is exercised on an individual basis, " when the employee considers that his life and his health know a serious and imminent danger ". " We are not in this situation, as soon as the employer sets up the strategies which make it possible to respect the barrier measures ", she estimated, by recalling that the social partners had to put themselves agreement on " guides to good practice ".

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She also cited the example of supermarkets where " we can imagine that we tinker with plexiglass windows between cashiers and customers " to also reassure employees.