The occasional festivities will finally be able to resume in business. The national health protocol will indeed be amended again to reintroduce the possibility of organizing office drinks, according to the project sent to the social partners and consulted on Monday by AFP. They will however have to stand “in strict respect for barrier gestures”, specify the authorities.
The document provides that “the moments of conviviality bringing together face-to-face employees in particular in the professional setting can be organized in strict compliance with barrier gestures, in particular the wearing of a mask, aeration / ventilation measures and the rules of distancing ”. A final version must be put online on Wednesday after consultation with trade unions and employers’ organizations.
The latest version of this protocol (dated January 25), a reference document to ensure the health and safety of employees and the pursuit of economic activity in the face of Covid-19, indicated that the moments of conviviality were “suspended”. .
The meeting protocol also relaxed
The document is also slightly relaxed with regard to meetings. It indicates that “meetings by audio or videoconference remain to be preferred” and provides that “when they are held face-to-face”, they must respect barrier gestures.
He also says, in accordance with an opinion from the High Council for Public Health, that wearing the FFP2 mask “may be indicated for people at risk of serious forms of Covid-19 and who have failed vaccination for medical reasons, when ‘they are able to withstand it for several hours and for daily use’.
With regard to telework, the protocol recalls that since February 2, the use of this mode of organization is “recommended” and that “employers set, within the framework of local social dialogue, the methods of recourse to telework “.