The threat of class closures, even schools, weighs on this very special back to school.
The Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, repeated it: in the event of Covid-19, the class, or even the school concerned, would close.
For parents who would be faced with such a situation, the question of custody remains problematic.
What if her child is placed in a fortnight because of a case of Covid-19 in the classroom or establishment?
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For now, it's back to the D system. Parents confronted with this type of situation must ask for paid vacation, or RTT if they cannot telework.
But the government is working on a new support system, the contours still unclear.
"Daily allowances
" or "
partial activity
"
On France Info Tuesday morning, the government spokesperson, Gabriel Attal, suggested that it will be possible to assert a right to care for sick children.
"
If ever a heavy decision to close a class or to close a school is taken, obviously we will offer solutions to parents,
" he said.
When asked if child care leave was on the table, he replied, “
No need to worry.
We will give guarantees to parents and if necessary, this solution
”.
The Ministry of Labor confirmed to AFP that "
a support system
" for parents who have no solution "
will be implemented
".
“
It is being developed.
"Contacted by
Le Figaro
, the National Health Insurance Fund indicates for its part that"
the parents of contact children have the right to a work stoppage if they cannot telework
", without further details.
“We are going to reactivate something to support parents, either via daily allowances or via partial activity
,
”
for his part entrusted to
Echoes
the Minister of Labor, Élisabeth Borne.
At the start of confinement, specific childcare leave had been created for employees.
It gave the right to those who could not telecommute, and having a child under 16 whose school was closed, to a work stoppage compensated up to 90% of the gross salary, but which fell to 66% from 30 days off work.
Then between May 1 and July 5, the employees who benefited from this work stoppage for childcare switched to the partial unemployment mechanism, paid at 84% of their net salary, or around 70% of the salary. gross.
Such a device could therefore be relaunched.
Under conditions and as a last resort
But its application should only be granted under several conditions and as a last resort.
During a trip this Tuesday to Châteauroux (Indre) on the occasion of the start of the school year, Prime Minister Jean Castex underlined it.
“
More than parental leave solutions, it is rather childcare methods that we intend to promote in this hypothesis.
Therefore priority to the resumption of life in all its dimensions
”.
Once the decision to close a class or school has been taken by the competent administrative authorities (prefect and ARS), parents should be able to claim childcare leave if no other alternative childcare system is put in place. place by the school or the town hall, told AFP the entourage of Gabriel Attal.
Neither parent should also be able to telework.
