{"id":1980,"date":"2014-05-24T08:53:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T07:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atousante.org\/?p=1980"},"modified":"2018-02-19T08:53:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T06:53:37","slug":"protective-clothing-safety-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atousante.com\/en\/protective-clothing-safety-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Protective clothings, safety shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The use of personal protective equipment, is\u00a0often necessary to protect employees from injury or illness caused by\u00a0exposure to toxic substances and other workplace hazards. The employer has to make an assessment of the hazards in the workplace in order to identify the correct type of PPE to be provided and to ensure that PPE is appropriate to the risk.<\/p>\n

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Protective clothings<\/a>
\nSafety shoes
\n<\/a>Time spent to dressing and undressing<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>\u00a0Protective clothings<\/h3>\n

Where a risk assessment identifies that PPE, Personal protective equipement<\/strong> \u00a0is required, the employer has to provide the equipment and pay for it ( according to the French Labor Code\u00a0<\/strong>Article R. 4323-95<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The employer supports cleaning of the protective clothings : the protective clothing must not be wash with the\u00a0household laundry.
\nIf the washing conditions ( temperature, etc) imposed by manufacturers\u00a0are not observed, it may deteriorate the clothing which will no more\u00a0comply with the safety standards<\/strong>. For example, reflector stripes<\/strong> could be damaged.<\/p>\n

For the temporary workers<\/a>\u00a0: usually, it is the user undetaking which provides the\u00a0PPE, Personal protective equipement according to the French Labour Code Article L. 1251-23<\/a>\u00a0.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a>\u00a0Safety shoes<\/h3>\n

Wearing safety shoes\u00a0is mandatory for workers if a load<\/strong> might fall on the foot at the workplace.<\/p>\n

Safety shoes must be disinfected regularly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the French labor code, the user undertaking is required to provide personal protective equipments to the temporary workers.\u00a0However, some customised equipments may be provided by the temporary agency ( helmets, safety shoes, etc)<\/p>\n

<\/a> Time spent to dressing and undressing<\/h3>\n

According to the French labor code, article L. 3121-3<\/a>, if wearing protective clothing and equipment<\/strong> is mandatory in the enterprise, time spent to dressing and undressing is compensated such as money<\/strong>\u00a0or rest time<\/strong> by the employer.<\/p>\n

However the Court of Cassation, in the judgement\u00a0arr\u00eat n\u00b0 645 du 26 mars 2008\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0has sp\u00e9cified that it is only if the \u00a0work clothing \u00a0should be dressed at the workplace. For example, if the employee \u00a0has to wear an uniform at work and puts on his uniform at home, he is not entitled to receive compensation<\/strong> for this time spent to dressing.
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