Limoux: a few days before the harvest, the employment of seasonal workers is regulated

Because the countdown to the beginning of the harvest has begun, the Covid-19 disaster imposes sure guidelines relating to the employment of grape pickers. The native union informs the directives in power.

Distinctive journey certificates: any employee from a rustic aside from France should be offered along with his duly accomplished certificates, accompanied by the sworn declaration of absence of signs, the employer's certificates of seasonal agricultural employee and a doc justifying the hiring (declaration previous to hiring, acknowledgment of receipt of the TESA or employment contract).

Fortnight measure (or equal measure): seasonal employees having to remain in France for a interval of greater than 48 hours (which is the case for grape pickers) are topic, in France and on the expense of their employer, to a fortnight measure or to a measure equal. This fortnight could be organized in working time so long as the staff involved are effectively separated from the others and that their journeys are usually not made with different seasonal employees and are restricted to the strict minimal.

Barrier gestures: work should be organized in such a manner as to take care of the mandatory social distancing. Explicit consideration should be paid to the tools made obtainable which should be disinfected or personalised (particularly water bottles throughout breaks).

As yearly, the Syndicate presents job seekers the chance to make themselves recognized to winegrowers searching for labor by means of it. To do that, they’ll name 04 68 31 12 83 or ship an e-mail to syndicat@limoux-aoc.com or go there (avenue Fabre d´Églantine) to register.