A tele-assistance company, whose staff is not in contact with the public, wants to impose the health pass on all its employees from October 1, with suspension of pay for the recalcitrant, she said. know Monday.
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The health pass is compulsory in places that welcome the public, for all leisure activities (cinema, swimming pool ...) and yet it is not for compulsory activities such as going to work
", regretted Laurent Levasseur, co-founder president of Bluelinea, interviewed by AFP.
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His company, based in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (Yvelines), employs around a hundred people and specializes in remote assistance to individuals.
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I wanted us to be flawless,
" argues Laurent Levasseur.
Currently, around 90% of its employees are vaccinated.
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We encounter more problems with young adults,
" explains the boss.
If on October 1, an employee of Bluelinea does not present a health pass, his employment contract "
will be suspended
", the company said in a message to the press.
Exposed to litigation
However, "
the law does not provide for the implementation of the health pass in a generalized way
", warns Me Eric Rocheblave, lawyer specializing in labor law. "
Only certain employees working in certain places
" are concerned, he adds. A list of these places has been incorporated into the law. “
If the employer's activity does not fit into this list, the pass does not apply to him,
” recalls Me Eric Rocheblave.
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I would tend to dissuade employers from doing that, because they are exposed to litigation,
” he adds.
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For me it is clearly illegal
", abounds her colleague Me Michèle Bauer.
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Worst of all is the application of the suspension of the employment contract.
We are dealing with an illegal financial penalty and this is punishable by the Labor Code
, ”she notes.
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I am ready to assume the risk
", replies Laurent Levasseur who says to himself "
convinced that in some time, there will be an expansion of the health pass
".
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The pass is currently imposed on 1.8 million employees in contact with the public in restaurants, cinemas, museums and mainline trains. The boss justifies his decision by the obligation placed on companies to protect the health of their employees. He ensures that there was no outcry from his teams and indicates that he expected “
more vehemence
”.
