Doctors will be fined.
As of today, in France, all employees working in the field of health and medical and social care must present a health certificate in order to be able to go to work. The measure, which affects more than 2,700,000 people in the country, has sparked a wave of discontent and protests in recent weeks.
The employer does not have the right to dismiss an employee without a health passport, but he will not be admitted to his job and will be left without a salary.
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of health and social care workers who have asked their GPs for hospitalization in hopes of escaping immunization against COVID-19. There are also those who have already left work, determined not to be vaccinated, but the French government still welcomes the satisfactory results – over 84 percent of the people affected by this measure have already been vaccinated, and nationally – those who have been immunized almost 50 million people, which exceeds 70 percent, which was France’s main goal.
Dian Hecking is a psychologist at a Paris hospital. Under today’s new rules, she must present a health certificate to continue working. “I will not get vaccinated just because my employer or the government wants it. I still have that right, “she said.
The young psychologist has this right, but her contract will be terminated, which means that she will be left without a salary.
“As of today, these people will not be able to return to work. The contract is terminated free of charge, and the employee can use his remaining days off “, commented Catherine Robetz.
She is the director of a home for children with disabilities. The social structure employs 60 people. Currently, only two of them have not been vaccinated, and the employer has no right to dismiss them. “If a certificate with at least one dose of the respective vaccine is presented by September 15, the worker can continue to work for another month, but with a negative test. After October 15, he will not be able to return to work without vaccination, “Robets said.
Mandatory immunization has created headaches for many managers of health and social care facilities, where even under normal conditions the staff is not enough. “We also lost employees. Mostly those that were more replacement or with non-permanent contracts. They did not want to renew them because they did not want to be vaccinated. From next month, the vaccine is also mandatory for the parents of the children we care for. Without it, they will not be able to visit them or take them home for a weekend or vacation, “said Robets.
Petya Todorova is one of the employees of the social institution. He chooses to be vaccinated in February, together with a large part of the health workers in the country. “And it wasn’t questionable whether I would lose my job or not, I just did it because I wanted to. That’s how I felt, “she said.
In France, a health passport is also mandatory for service and entertainment professionals. A vaccine or negative test is required not only for visitors to establishments and venues, but also for their employees.
