The OPPBTP updates its Guide to health safety recommendations for the start of the school year

This change notably includes the application of the health pass in the context of interventions in an establishment open to the public. The new version of the guide therefore includes, in accordance with the recommendations of the High Council of Public Health and the State, the following modifications:

• Wearing a mask: in establishments open to the public, wearing a mask remains applicable for professionals working there until August 30. From this date, they will be required to hold a health pass and will be exempt from the obligation to wear a mask, unless the prefect, operator or organizer requires it.
• Health pass: As of August 30, 2021 (and September 30 for young workers under the age of 18 such as apprentices), the health pass will be compulsory to intervene in an establishment open to the public: administrations, hospitals, restaurants, etc., except if the intervention takes place outside spaces accessible to the public, outside public opening hours or if it is an urgent intervention.
• People with symptoms in the workplace: they are invited to leave work to return to their homes and above all to go for testing and isolate themselves while waiting for the results. The protocol for treating symptomatic people also provides for the possibility of having an antigen test carried out by an authorized professional wearing suitable protective equipment, within the company.
• Leave of absence to attend appointments related to vaccinations against Covid-19: extension of the leave of absence to attend appointments related to vaccinations against Covid-19 for employees and trainees. These absences do not entail any reduction in remuneration and are assimilated to a period of actual work for the determination of the duration of paid leave as well as for the legal or contractual rights acquired by the persons concerned by virtue of their seniority.
• The employee is invited to get closer to his employer in order to determine the best way to organize this absence. The law also provides that this authorization is granted to an employee who wishes to accompany a minor or a protected adult for whom he is responsible to be vaccinated.
• No vaccination obligation for people in charge of one-off tasks within health, social and social care establishments.
• Partial activity: As of September 15, 2021, employees at serious risk of Covid-19 who may be placed in partial activity will have to present a new isolation certificate even if they have already benefited from it previously. The situations giving rise to the benefit of the partial activity change on this same date.

The guide to health safety recommendations for the continuity of construction activities during the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus epidemic is available on the website of preventionbtp.fr.

In addition, prevention advisers and trainers from the OPPBTP are always available in the field as well as remotely thanks to the service. PreventionBTP Live. A database of specific Questions / Answers on Covid-19 is available on the site.

To download the latest edition of the Health safety recommendation guide, click here.