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Factsheet for measure FR-2020-14/1029 – measures in France
Country | France , applies nationwide |
Time period | Temporary, 01 April 2020 – 31 December 2020 |
Context | COVID-19 |
Type | Legislations or other statutory regulations |
Category |
Protection of workers, adaptation of workplace
– Occupational health and safety |
Author | Frédéric Turlan (IRshare) and Eurofound |
Measure added | 04 August 2020 (updated 05 August 2020) |
Occupational health services (OHS) maintain their activity at the service of companies and employees and are actively mobilised in the fight against COVID-19. The Ordinance No. 2020-386 of 1 April 2020 stipulates that, during the crisis, their missions must focus on the following priorities:
Occupational health services (OHS) maintain their activity at the service of companies and employees and are actively mobilised in the fight against COVID-19. Ordinance No. 2020-386 of 1 April 2020 stipulates that, during the crisis, their missions must focus on the following priorities:
support for companies which, as a result of the health crisis, have had to increase or adapt their activity. This support includes in particular:
individual monitoring of the health status of employees, as adapted by Decree No. 2020-410 of 8 April 2020, in particular to enable recruitment visits to be carried out in companies that are experiencing an increase in activity or need for manpower;
The ordinance also provides that occupational physicians will be able to prescribe sick leave for people suffering or presenting symptoms evoking COVID-19 or at risk of contracting a serious form of the disease. To this end, under certain conditions, they will also be able to carry out screening tests for COVID-19. The content and conditions for carrying out these missions will soon be defined by a decree and an order.
No data available.
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
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Employees in standard employment
Workers in non-standard forms of employment |
Applies to all businesses | Does not apply to citizens |
Actors | Funding |
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National government
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No special funding required
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Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
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Role | Unknown | Unknown |
Form | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
Involvement unknown.
No information available.
Citation
Eurofound (2020), Adapting Occupational Health Services to Health Emergencies, measure FR-2020-14/1029 (measures in France), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/FR-2020-14_1029.html
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