Cleaning branch adopts full workplace-prevention code

Avenant n° 24 du 19 février 2026Legifrance rewrites article 3 of the Convention collective nationale des entreprises de propreté et services associés (IDCC 3043) into a full branch code on occupational health, safety and risk preventionLegifrance. Signed at VillejuifLegifrance by the FEP and SNPRO for employers and the CFTC CSFV, FS CFDT and FEETS FO for employeesLegifrance, it responds to branch claims data: from 2012 to 2023 the frequency rate fell 33% from 35.4 to 23.6 while severity held near 3, stops fell in number but grew longer, about 68% of accidents hit women, and musculoskeletal disorders account for nearly 97% of recognised occupational diseases. Falls cause about 45% of accidents and manual handling about 40%.

The new article restates the employer's general prevention principles from the code du travailLegifrance, including adapting work to people and collective protection before individual protection. Every employer keeps a document unique d'évaluation des risques professionnelsLegifrance covering each work unit, updated at least yearly in firms with 11 or more employees, on major layout changes and on new risk information, sent to the SPST on each update; the CSE is consulted on it. In firms with fewer than 50 employees the DUERPLegifrance yields listed prevention actions shown to the CSELegifrance; in firms with 50 or more it yields the annual PAPRIPACTLegifrance programmeLegifrance with detailed measures, costs, resources and timetable.

Staff information must be understandable to each employee, adapted for allophone workers, and given on arrival, on change and to newcomers assigned to work in progress, with a branch livret d'accueil and planned video capsules for client-site induction. Safety training is practical and repeated; fixed-term, temporary and trainee staff on risky posts get reinforced training on posts listed after the occupational doctor and CSE advise. Medical follow-up is normal, adapted or reinforced by post riskLegifrance, with visits on working time or paid as such plus employer-paid travel; summons must arrive at least three working days ahead, and repeated unjustified refusal can lead to discipline and dismissal after a registered warning. Multi-employer staff in the same category with the same follow-up type now get mutualised monitoring through the SPSTI of the longest-standing employerLegifrance.

The agreement maps every actor: line management as relay, staff duties including alert and withdrawal from grave and imminent danger, designated prevention employees, CSE roles split below and above 50 employeesLegifrance with at least four annual health-and-safety meetings in larger firms, a CSSCT from 300 employees, and harassment referents for sexual/sexist conduct plus a moral-harassment referent designated by employers from 250 employees.

Branch-specific sections govern co-activity: joint prior inspection with the CSE invited, a written prevention plan agreed before work starts at 400 forecast hours over 12 months or for dangerous workLegifrance, staff briefed during working time, lone-work rules with client-agreed rescue means, dangerous work never alone, first-aid kits on every site and vehicle, client-provided sanitary and technical facilities, and at least annual exchange time with service agents. For asbestos vinyl tiles the branch applies CNAM recommendation R.514 of 21 February 2022 with checklists, operating modes and sub-section 4 training plus a per-worker exposure sheet; TMS prevention runs through branch ergonomics tools and recognised courses. The fourth national objectives convention with CNAM was signed in May 2025. The avenant runs indefinitelyLegifrance, applies identically below and above 50 employeesLegifrance, and takes effect the day after its extension order is publishedLegifrance. Legal basis: avenant n° 24 du 19 février 2026 à la CCN des entreprises de propreté et services associés (IDCC 3043).