[Société] Online work stoppages: the CGSS in control

covid. Can the government’s new mechanism to promote the isolation of people suspected of having been infected with SARS-CoV-2 (or its variants) encourage a certain opportunism? According to the CGSS, the risk is very limited. ” The first safeguard against the risk of abuse is the provision of the results of a PCR or antigen test within four days of the declaration. If it is negative, the Health Insurance immediately suspends the work stoppage and the employee resumes work. The second safeguard is that the Health Insurance has the means to identify if the online work stoppage is activated a second time in the following weeks, which would trigger a control », Explains Christophe Cambona, chief of staff of Benoit Serio, Director General of the CGSS.

If the test is positive, the tripartite contract-tracing unit (CGSS, DRSM and ARS) contacts the insured, checks that the isolation conditions are sufficient and the work stoppage is extended for a total of seven days to from the first symptoms. In case of worsening of the patient’s condition, consultation of the attending physician by telephone is possible. ” The concern of the Health Insurance is to absorb the virus by limiting as much as possible movement and physical contact during the first seven days of the contamination, this does not mean that the insured will not have access to care in the event of of need ».

Home visits

The organization of home visits by a private nurse is being developed, in consultation with the contact-tracing platform, the ARS, the Prefecture and the Red Cross. ” This visit allows the nurse to assess whether the conditions of isolation are guaranteed or even to identify the needs in this area and to assess the patient’s condition. », Emphasizes Christophe Cambona.

For the employee, no loss of salary is to be deplored: daily allowances are supplemented by the employer, without waiting days, without any seniority condition or exclusion for sectors of activity not concerned by the monthly payment law ( temporary workers, fixed-term contracts, etc.) In Reunion, the relatively limited number of positive cases could increase rapidly in the weeks to come with the return of holidaymakers from the mainland, causing a surge in connections to this new online service.

Mireille Legait

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