Wearing a mask in business: how to adapt?
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Masked employees in a mega-campus for startups, in Paris, August 31.
Wearing a mask is mandatory in workspaces open since Tuesday.
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In France, the wearing of a mask is now systematically compulsory for employees, no longer only in the corridors but also at their workstations with the exception of individual offices.
A measure that does not always delight employees.
Report in the business district of La Défense in Paris.
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Usually Charles takes his coffee break in the upstairs corporate lounge, but today he's come down to the forecourt.
“
It's a disaster, it's unbearable.
From time to time I come to take the air with my fellow smokers, it allows me to pretend to smoke and enjoy 5 minutes of fresh air.
But that's all.
"
To succeed in breathing a little better while being masked, Nathalie, an insurance employee, has her technique: “
The masks are provided by the company, so they are washable masks, we have an endowment of 20 masks.
But honestly I don't use them indoors because
it's a little more stuffy, so I use surgical masks instead.
"
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At lunch, the mask must be removed, so to guarantee the health safety of its employees, Cédric's company has reviewed its organization: “
There are time slots that are provided for lunch breaks so everything is organized so that 'there is both a fluidity at the level of the elevators, at the level of the common passage areas and therefore at the level of the company restaurant as well.
"
And for those recalcitrant of the mask, telework remains: "
Tomorrow, I will be at home without a mask and we have an organization like that with schedules which are made so that upstairs there are 50% of people who are there. .
"
Coming into force on Monday, the wearing of a mask in a company should be able to be adapted according to the sectors, on a case by case basis, in consultation with the social partners.
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