While the businesses closed due to the third wave of the Covid-19 epidemic will be able to reopen on May 19, the Minister of Labor, Élisabeth Borne, on Monday sent an instruction to the prefects so that they initiate local consultations in order to to derogate from the rules of Sunday work.
The government's idea is to
"allow businesses to make up for the drop in turnover suffered as a result of administrative closures"
and
"to spread the flow of customers over the whole week to limit the circulation of goods as much as possible. virus, ”
the ministry said in a press release.
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This request, which emanated from businesses closed during the health crisis, was deemed "
perfectly legitimate
" by Bruno Le Maire, the Minister of the Economy, interviewed Monday morning on Franceinfo.
"I put myself in the place of all these traders in clothing, footwear who have lost a lot of turnover during these months of closure, they want to restart quickly, they want to restart strongly,"
he said.
As in January 2021, the exemptions granted will result from local consultations that will be organized with economic players and social partners in their territory, explains the ministry.
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The prefects will then take the prefectural decrees that would be required for the month of June
,
depending on the specificities of each department
. "The exemptions that would be granted are not intended to replace those already existing, in particular those granted by the mayor within the limit of twelve Sundays per year ”,
specifies the ministry.
The latter also asks the prefects to remind the companies concerned that all the guarantees granted to employees within the framework of Sunday work must be respected, such as salary compensation or respect for the principle of voluntary service.
