Elisabeth Borne announces the end of the corporate health protocol from March 14

Relaxation of the rules in the face of Covid-19. The corporate health protocol will cease to apply from Monday March 14, the date on which wearing a mask will no longer be compulsory in closed places, announced Elisabeth Borne, Tuesday March 8 on LCI. “The corporate health protocol, which was put in place in the spring of 2020, will disappear from next Monday”summarized the Minister of Labor. “We are going to resume normal rules in business”she declared, specifying that it would be necessary “Obviously continue to apply hygiene rules”. These include washing hands, cleaning surfaces and ventilating the premises.

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“The rules of distance will disappear”, as well as those applied in collective catering, she said. As for telecommuting, “we had already given the hand to the companies”so it already depends on “rules that are defined in social dialogue within companies”recalled the minister.

A landmark guide to “measures to prevent the risk of contamination with Covid-19 outside an epidemic situation”shared by the minister with the social partners, must replace the national company protocol. “In the current circumstances where the virus continues to circulate, employees who wish to do so will be able to continue to wear a mask, without the employer being able to oppose it.specifies this guide. The Covid-19 referent continues his missions. In small companies, he may be the manager. He ensures the implementation of the measures defined and the information of the employees.