Many contaminations would occur at mealtime in a company, when the mask falls and the barrier gestures are relaxed.
The government therefore plans to adopt a protocol governing catering in the professional context.
He should encourage lunch alone at his workstation.
The protocol for meals in the canteen will be tightened in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Secretary of State Laurent Pietraszewski presented the social partners with the copy that the government is preparing on Monday evening.
Employers and unions have until 2 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon to formulate their observations, and the finalized text will be posted online in the evening.
The text in preparation should apply throughout France, and not only in the 16 reconfigured departments
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Lunch in the canteen is no longer the preferred solution for eating at lunchtime.
Instead, the government recommends a system of take-out baskets that employees would collect and consume at their workstation.
One way to invite them to eat alone.
If this is not possible, a distance of two meters must be respected with colleagues and lunch opposite will be prohibited anyway.
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Protocol for corporate restaurants
The recommendations are therefore in the direction of a meal alone, in the office or in the workshop.
But eating at the company restaurant will always be possible on condition that the employer systematically adapts the time slots to prevent too many people arriving at the same time.
The gauge does not move and remains fixed at 8 square meters per guest.
In the restaurant, the preferred solution will also be the meal taken alone, leaving an empty place in front of you, and strictly respecting the rule of two meters of distance between each person.
If lunch is not taken alone, barrier gestures and the distance of two meters from neighbors at the table must be observed.
What strongly limit the conversations.