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Essity gives up equipping its employees with a physical anti-reconciliation box

2021-02-12T17:43:16.103Z


The Swedish group Essity, manufacturer of hygiene products, has given up on having its French employees wear a box that would have sounded in the event of non-compliance with health protection distances in the face of Covid-19, the CFDT said on Friday. Read also: A company wants to provide its employees with a physical anti-reconciliation box The union welcomed " the reversal of management on th


The Swedish group Essity, manufacturer of hygiene products, has given up on having its French employees wear a box that would have sounded in the event of non-compliance with health protection distances in the face of Covid-19, the CFDT said on Friday.

Read also: A company wants to provide its employees with a physical anti-reconciliation box

The union welcomed "

the reversal of management on the anti-Covid badge

" and the "

withdrawal

" of this device announced Wednesday by the group, during a meeting of the central social and economic committee (CSEC).

"

Unsuitable and intrusive

", this device "was

akin to the

"

anti-bark collar

"," criticized the CFDT.

Questioned by AFP, the management of Essity declared to have announced Wednesday to the CSEC that this "

initiative of device of management of physical distancing

" was "

suspended in the short and medium term

", because of "

the absence of group of voluntary work to deploy it

”.

"

At present, this new possibility does not retain general approval

," admitted management, who wanted "

a dialogue

", "

an approach co-constructed and concerted with employee representatives

".

However, the management "

could, depending on the evolution of the health situation and if the conditions were met internally, propose this approach again

", she added.

A device "

totally contested by the CFDT

"

"

Completely contested by the CFDT

", this "

social distancing device

" had been "

presented to staff representatives at the end of November by the management which envisaged, without awaiting their opinion, its setting up by volunteers. employees,

”deplores the union in a press release.

"

Under cover of health (and) safety, the very idea of ​​this completely infantilizing equipment constitutes an attack on individual freedoms

", protests the CFDT.

This device "

offered, moreover, no guarantee of transparency of the information collected, no assessment of the psychosocial risks that it caused employees to

", she adds.

To read also: These companies which have adopted boxes "anti-rapprochement" between employees

In January, the CFDT denounced this project and reported that it shocked employees.

For its part, the management had defended it by invoking its wish to "

strengthen the safety of employees

".

"

This device does not include a geolocation system and is not linked to personal information

", she then said, specifying that the box would be inactive in the toilets, the canteen or even the infirmary.

Source: lefigaro

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