Employees have the right to take their meals at their workstation. The government of Jean Castex published, Sunday February 14 in Official Journal, a decree opening this possibility on a temporary basis, from Monday and up to six months after the end of the state of health emergency. The state of health emergency must end on June 1, in the absence of a possible extension, according to a bill adopted on February 9.
To comply with social distancing rules, company restaurants and cafeterias have restricted their reception capacities. At the same time, the cold and the closure of cafes and other restaurants increase the number of people who eat meals on company premises.
Article R. 4228-19 of the Labor Code fixes the ignored prohibition "To let workers take their meals in the premises assigned to work". A decree of March 7, 2008 created this article. As recalled Le Monde, in many companies, internal regulations imposed the same measure.
“The 2008 decree responded to a problem of poor sanitary conditions, explained to the newspaper Régis Bac, head of the
