The cards are not reshuffled much for deconfinement in phase three. As of July 1, employees who were worried about having to return to 100% at their workplace will be able to continue to telework a few days a week. The new national health protocol in companies, which we were able to consult, does not provide for any change in teleworking. This practice remains the rule until further notice, for all employees whose positions lend themselves to it. With the exception: since June 9, employers have on the other hand been able to tailor-made with employee representatives and organize a gradual return by the start of September.
“It's not about going from everything to nothing.
Teleworking remains an important practice in the fight against the Covid-19 crisis, which calls for constant vigilance.
Companies now have leeway to define a minimum number of teleworking days per week, ”indicate the services of Élisabeth Borne.
So what is this minimum number of days that must apply to all employees in July: 3, 2, 1?
The information is not in the protocol, but in the response from the Ministry of Labor: “To give us a reference, in the public service, we have been teleworking three days a week since June 9, then we will increase to two days a week from July 1 until the end of August.
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A 100% gauge in company canteens
Two days is the benchmark that the government is calling to apply in private sector companies during the two summer months. Time also for many employers to negotiate agreements with unions which provide both for the long-term practice of teleworking, but also its application to all those whose tasks allow it in so-called exceptional periods (such as a health crisis) where teleworking is imposed on everyone out of necessity.
Regarding company canteens, they will, in tune with all restaurants, be able to rediscover some of the habits of the world before, but with certain limits.
On July 1, no more gauges blocked at 50% of the occupancy rate of the premises where people come to eat.
They jump over and over again at 100%.
And at the same time, the time slots must continue to be adapted "systematically" "with staggered schedules to reduce the number of guests present simultaneously", specifies the protocol.
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Another flexibility introduced, there is no longer any obligation to have lunch alone.
We can sit down with other colleagues and be more than six around a large table.
But there again, no complete return to normal, because "the installation, as far as possible, of baskets to take away and to consume on the workstation must be privileged", also indicates the text which always calls for respect barrier gestures.
Leave to be vaccinated, it will be possible
In queues, as when moving from one table to another, or for any movement, you will always have to put on the mask.
The rule of compulsory mask wearing is also maintained within the company, as already provided for in the previous protocol.
With one nuance: it can be dropped two meters away from colleagues.
To encourage vaccination, the text introduces the obligation for the employer to allow his employee to be absent during his working hours, if he is going to be vaccinated in a center, and no longer only if he passes by. the occupational medicine box as was the case previously. "He cannot in any case oppose his absence", indicates the protocol. Likewise, it is understood that the employer cannot impose vaccination on his employee. "He must make things easier while respecting the rules of medical confidentiality" remind the services of Élisabeth Borne.
