Adjourned on March 24 due to confinement, negotiations between the unions and the employers on the long-awaited occupational health reform started by videoconference on Monday afternoon.
Stalled since October 2018, the construction site - postponed several times - appears all the more urgent in this period of health crisis when the LREM deputy for the North, Charlotte Parmentier-Lecocq, author of two reports noted on the subject in 2018 and 2019, wishes to legislate at the start of the school year.
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Her bill, which she sees "as a signal to everyone for the file to move forward", will be "preceded by a motion for a resolution which should be considered on June 22 in the National Assembly, in parallel with the resumption discussions between social partners ”. The majority parliamentarian calls for an overhaul of the occupational health system and the possibility of entrusting the management of funding to Urssaf. A point on which Medef is firmly opposed.
To launch this negotiation, employers and unions had to discuss the action of occupational health services during the health crisis, according to the letter of orientation sent to them by the Minister of Labor on Saturday. Once their diagnosis has been made, the social partners will then work on simplifying the risk assessment for very small and medium-sized businesses. In addition, while many managers are paralyzed by the legal risks incurred in the event of contamination of one of their employees at Covid-19, the government orientation document encourages them to secure employers by relying on the branches professional.