Subsection 5: Exemptions granted by the labour inspector

Where the fitting out of collective changing rooms, washbasins and showers cannot, for reasons relating to the layout of the work premises, be carried out under the conditions provided for in this section or, for disabled workers, in accordance with Article R. 4225-7, the employer may ask the Labour Inspector to exempt him from some of these obligations.

The dispensation granted by the Labour Inspector is subject to the necessary measures being taken to ensure that workers enjoy hygienic conditions corresponding as far as possible to the obligations set out in article R. 4228-16.

The labour inspector makes his decision after consulting the occupational physician and the social and economic committee.