Can the boss determine that employees wear a mask? Is there a risk of dismissal if disregarded?

There is no general mask requirement at work.

But what is the legal situation if the employer makes it mandatory to wear a mask?

What employees should know about this.

A

at the

- yes or no?

Many employees were confronted with this question not only at the beginning of the corona crisis *.

As before, the

the benchmark

in work - as in other areas of life

.

Corona crisis: Can employers make masking compulsory at work?

Every

should therefore ensure that the hygiene and distance rules are observed in the corona crisis *.

This can mean that the

prescribes masks

in

, for example, but employees can, for example, leave their desks at a safe distance.

"A mask requirement at the workplace ultimately depends on the design of the specific workplace of the employee and the scope of the mask requirement," the Handelsblatt quotes the specialist lawyer for labor law Philipp Byers.

"This can basically also include a mask requirement at the workplace."

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Corona: Employees have a duty of care for employees

The company also has a

towards its employees.

There is no general mask requirement for all employees at the workplace.

The employers in Germany reject such a general mask requirement at the workplace, writes the Handelsblatt (status:).

Where distances cannot be kept, it is certainly advisable to also wear mouth and nose protection, said the chief executive of the German Employers' Associations (BDA), Steffen Kampeter, according to the "Welt".

General regulations, on the other hand, are not considered to be very effective.

However, there are official regulations in some

in many federal states - for example at

or in

, where employees have to wear a mask during work.

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Mask requirement at work - disregard risk of dismissal?

In addition, employers can effectively order a mask requirement at the workplace, according to the Handelsblatt report - such a

must be proportionate.

"If employees

carry out

activities that regularly involve direct

, the company can easily order the wearing of a protective mask," explains the labor lawyer in the report.

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What is the threat to employees who do not follow their employer's instructions?

If the mask requirement is breached for the first time, the report continues, usually only a

should be

considered.

This applies in particular to cases in which the employee violates the mask obligation out of carelessness.

In the worst case, according to labor lawyers, there is a

after a prior warning - if the employee does not wear a mask in the company several times.

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Source: Handelsblatt.de

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