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Occupational health: negotiations in the "final phase" according to Medef, but highly compromised in the eyes of the unions

2020-12-04T13:16:52.393Z


Trade unions and employers have been working since June on a text which should lead to the conclusion of a national inter-professional agreement (ANI).


Empowerment of employers, minimization of psychosocial risks (burn-out, depression, suicide ...), occupational medicine reduced to grief ... Negotiations between social partners on health at work have entered their "

final phase

" but continue to block on major subjects, greatly reducing the chances of reaching an agreement.

Read also: The fatigue of private office workers: teleworking is (a bit) hell

At the end of a late session of negotiations "

entered into their final phase

" Wednesday, Diane Deperrois, head of the negotiators of Medef, assured the press that the text "was

taking shape

" and that the parties would "

do so that we can converge

”.

But the unions still denounce

impassable "

red lines

", while the negotiator of the CPME, Eric Chevée, said his "

anger

" Thursday, after having "

spent seven hours in meeting to hear that the text was null and void. that it was necessary to review the copy

”.

Everyone will have to take their responsibilities tomorrow!

"He launched,"

very dubious about the end of the negotiations

That the calendar predicted conclusive Friday.

Unions and employers have been working since June on a text barely amended after ten sessions, which aims to put prevention at the heart of the subject.

It should lead to the conclusion of a national inter-professional agreement (ANI) like the one on teleworking.

The employers accept changes on the form but not on the substance, it remains for the moment on its desire to disempower itself legally and wants to keep control over the occupational health services (OHS) as a tool at its service.

We are moving towards an agreement without new rights at zero cost as for teleworking,

”lamented Jérôme Vivenza (CGT), whose union did not sign the ANI on teleworking.

"

We have not really advanced,

" said Mireille Dispot (CFE-CGC), who also doubts a conclusion on Friday.

"

A very strong point of tension remains

", she explains, like the other unions: the desire "

to exempt employers from their

legal

responsibility

" with regard to the health and safety of their employees. by reducing it to their simple adherence to OHS.

However, the Labor Code obliges employers to implement the necessary means to protect their employees, failing which their civil and criminal liability may be incurred.

"

We have no concrete answer to our questions, in particular on the role of the occupational physician who seems to be reduced to medical monitoring but excluded from prevention

", underlines Serge Legagnoa (FO) who notes "

some progress

" but "

still too much imprecise

”: the creation of a committee dedicated to occupational health at the level of professional branches and the possibility of health, safety and working conditions committees (CSSCT) in companies from 50 employees against 300 currently.

Strong "

differences

"

On the RPS side, too, the "

differences

" are strong.

Psychosocial risks are included in the text, but with the notion of “

multifactorial risks

” linking them to causes outside of work organizations, which the unions denounce.

Another black point in the face of the shortage of occupational doctors: the transfer of their missions to general practitioners on a voluntary basis, a measure "

incomprehensible

" for the unions.

On the governance side, the trade unions finally refuse the envisaged abolition of the supervisory commission for occupational health services led by employers, a commission they head and to which their prerogatives are confined.

In the absence of agreement, the government should take responsibility for legislating.

A bill, carried by the LREM deputy Charlotte Lecocq, must be tabled in the Assembly by the end of the year.

Source: lefigaro

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