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How the dismissal of an employee positive for Covid-19 could set a precedent ...

2020-11-21T21:17:22.339Z


Sébastien Klem was dismissed for serious misconduct for coming to work after performing a PCR test which subsequently turned out to be positive. He is accused of having put the lives of his colleagues in danger ...


This is a case that could well set a precedent ... Last July, Sébastien Klem, an employee of the HLM office in Mulhouse, in the Haut-Rhin, was dismissed for "

serious misconduct

" because he had returned to work after have passed a Covid-19 test which has been positive on oneself.

His employer accuses him of having endangered the lives of his colleagues by coming to work while waiting for his results while hiding any symptoms.

He then had only a "

slight cough

" but no other symptoms, as evidenced by a certificate taken the day after his test by his attending physician.

Read also: Covid-19: going to work with symptoms exposes you to sanctions?

Go back.

The facts took place on July 16, when this 40-year-old had just returned from leave.

While spending one morning near a Covid screening drive where there was no waiting, Sébastien Klem decided to be tested, "

by chance

".

At that time, the government strongly encouraged the French to go for PCR tests.

So i did it

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Source: lefigaro

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