Employees will have to take their troubles patiently.
In a response to
Le
Parisien
, the Minister of Labor believes that the current slight resumption of the epidemic, on the one hand, and the onset of winter, on the other hand, make it impossible to lift the obligation of the port. of the mask in companies.
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"
Relaxing the constraints is not an option,
" regrets Élisabeth Borne, who pleads for caution but says she understands the "
weariness
" of workers forced to wear a mask for long hours.
“
The time to remove the mask in business has not yet arrived.
But she will come,
”
she
adds.
"A strong constraint"
The government has not planned, for the time being, to impose the health pass in business, which could however make it possible to lift the obligation of the mask in exchange. “
Imposing the health pass on all employees is not trivial. This represents a strong constraint, much more than asking for it to go to a restaurant or to the cinema,
”argues the Minister. This option is therefore set aside, “
at this stage
”.
In theory, the wearing of a mask can be lifted in closed places at the entrance of which the sanitary pass is required.
This possibility depends on the goodwill of the prefect of the department concerned, as well as the operator of the place or the organizer of the event, "
when local circumstances justify it
".
For now, however, the pass is not applicable in business.
From a legal point of view, the extension of the pass to companies could be validated, estimated a few weeks ago experts interviewed by
Le Figaro
.
"There were safeguards in social law, but they were shattered with these exceptional measures
", explained Master Christophe Noël, lawyer specializing in labor law.