New update of the OPPBTP health safety recommendations guide

This ninth version takes into account the variability of curfew times. It also incorporates the latest developments concerning vulnerable people at risk of a severe form of Covid-19 as well as the possibility for contact cases or presenting symptoms to obtain sick leave online without waiting period.

Although teleworking remains the rule for all activities that allow it, all those involved in construction operations must be able to go to the site, in compliance with barrier gestures and provided with a travel authorization from their employer when trips are at least partly carried out during the curfew hours in force in their department, and in particular within the framework of major trips.

The advice sheet dedicated to vulnerable employees at risk of a severe form of Covid-19 has been updated, in accordance with the new national health protocol dated January 6, 2021.

Finally, since January 10, employees who are in contact or have symptoms of Covid-19 have the possibility of obtaining an immediate work stoppage without a waiting period by registering on the Health Insurance website. Only employees who can practice their teleworking activity are excluded from this system. The advice sheet "Contact-tracing: identification and declaration of contact cases" has been amended accordingly.

The OPPBTP recalls that compliance with health safety recommendations has enabled construction companies to pursue their activities and remains the sine qua non. In the context of a new variant of the virus in circulation, construction professionals must remain very vigilant and continue to respect all barrier gestures, in particular during breaks and meals. The organization welcomes the various initiatives allowing companions to have hot meals in heated places.

To download the new version of the guide, click here