Covid-19 in France: discussions around a possible health pass at work

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Will a health pass be required to go to work?

If it is already compulsory in bars, restaurants and cinemas, the Minister of Health does not exclude the possibility of extending it to work.

This possibility is, in any case, " 

under study

 ".

Each employee must provide proof of a vaccine and a negative test.

Some businesses and public places already require it.

But if this measure is applied, it also divides.

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With

Léa Aujal

,

from the France service of RFI

For Caroline, resident of Issy-les-Moulineaux, in Hauts-de-Seine in the Parisian suburbs, the establishment of the

health pass at work

would not be a constraint.

" 

If it can get us back to normal life faster, why not?"

 », She confides.

Alexandra is more reluctant.

For this employee, the health pass at work is a deprivation of freedoms.

But if it becomes compulsory, it will do so: “ 

I have no choice.

I have to feed my family and pay my expenses every month.

 "

"In no case will I give in to this shame"

This is not the case with these two friends.

They are against the anti-Covid-19 vaccine.

So, if the health pass is required at work, they plan to change their lifestyle.

" 

Too bad, I'll go live in the countryside in a cabin in the woods,

 " laughs the first.

“ 

You can imagine that I will give up work if the company implements this measure.

I'm going to look for a job where I can work completely from home.

But in no case will I give in to this shame,

 ”insists the second.

According to figures from the Ministry of Labor,

14% of employees must already present a health pass

.

This hypothesis will be discussed " 

upstream

 " of the bill, which is scheduled for early January.

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