Businesses also choose caution. After the ordinance that kept her on buses, trains, cinemas and theaters and the circular from the PA that recommended her in public offices, the mask is preparing to remain in most of the workplaces until mid-June. The obligation will remain, unless there are surprises, where workers divide spaces – in an office, shop or assembly line – or come into contact with the public as in a supermarket. This is the general position of the trade associations in view of the meeting scheduled for today 4 May with the representatives of the Government to evaluate an update of the latest Protocol on measures to combat Covid in the workplace.
Trade associations choose caution
“We will ask the government to use the mask for workers at least until June 15, in particular for all those in contact with the public, such as supermarkets and shops with large numbers of people”, announces Confcommercio. «The protocols – explains the vice president Donatella Prampolini – they must be simplified but not abolished, they must be phased out gradually. We still find many cases of positivity among our collaborators. Once the provisions on the “Dpi” have fallen, in addition to the dismissal of the company protocols, the company committees set up for the pandemic will also be abolished “. Same line also from Confesercenti and also Confindustria seems willing to ask for an extension of the mask.
Protocol towards extension
The latest document, which provided for the obligation of protective devices, dates back to over a year ago (6 April 2021) and will almost certainly be kept in its substance for a few more weeks, even if it could be reformulated based on the conditions of the places. of work (spaces, possible gatherings and opening to the public). Currently, the anti-Covid protocol in the workplace signed by the social partners provides that “in all cases of sharing work environments, indoors or outdoors, the use of surgical masks or personal protective equipment is in any case mandatory higher level “. The latest Covid decree extended the recognition of surgery as a “Dpi”, but individual companies can always choose the obligation to have their employees wear the Ffp2.
Ffp2 recommended in the PA for those who are at the counter
For public offices, on the basis of the ordinance issued by the Minister of Health, the Minister for Public Administration, Renato Brunetta, signed a circular addressed to all public administrations in which the use of Ffp2 masks is recommended, in particular, for staff in contact with the public (so-called counter) without suitable protective barriers; for personnel who perform the service in rooms shared with one or more workers, even if there are only two of them (unless there are spaces that exclude crowds); during face-to-face meetings; for those in line at the canteen or in other common areas, for those who share a room with “fragile” staff, in the elevators and in cases where the spaces cannot exclude crowds.