This week promises to be crucial in the development of the new health protocol to be applied in companies at the start of the school year. After a video conference with union representatives on Friday, the government is due to hold a meeting on the subject on Tuesday. 

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The French are gradually coming back from vacation and the government is already thinking about going back to school. In particular, it is necessary to specify the new health protocol to be applied in companies faced with the coronavirus epidemic. Last Friday, the Ministry of Labor organized a videoconference with union and employer representatives to test the waters and prepare for a meeting to be held on Tuesday in order to develop the precise rules.

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Do not send anxiety-inducing signs to employees

Because it will no longer be the deconfinement protocol, but a national protocol, this time planned to last. The big question is therefore that of wearing a mask. And for the employers, there is no reason to make it compulsory without reliable statistics to justify it. We must also not send anxiety-inducing signs to employees when the real return to work is taking place this return, it is argued. 

According to our information, the government should rather lay down a general framework, with wearing a mask is mandatory as soon as the distance of one meter is likely not to be respected. It is this "susceptible" that leaves the door open to different assessments, and above all to negotiations between management and unions in each company, depending on the situation.

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Mask required in open spaces? 

For single people in an office, for example, no need for masks. In open spaces, on the other hand, where the distance of one meter is likely not to be respected, it could become mandatory, just like in elevators. All these questions still need to be refined on Tuesday.