From the health and social sector, 25,000 more people than usual reported looking for work in December and January, said board member Daniel Terzenbach on Tuesday in Nuremberg. Job seekers are people who report imminent unemployment to the employment agency but are still in the job, explained a spokesman for the federal agency. A compulsory vaccination in health and social care is to come into force on March 16th.
“We’re already seeing an increase, but overall at a level that doesn’t have to worry us,” said Terzenbach. He spoke of around 25,000 people from the entire health and social sector who had reported looking for work above the usual level, around 12,000 of them from care. It is currently not known whether the increased number is due to corresponding calls on social media, among other things.
criticism from health authorities
In the meantime, criticism has come from the health authorities, who are supposed to enforce compulsory vaccination. They do not see themselves in a position to adequately control the regulation that will come into force in March and criticize the lack of clarity in the law. The German Foundation for Patient Protection called for a postponement. Germany’s Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) had already rejected this. The Nursing Council fundamentally criticized the obligation to vaccinate on Tuesday.
It is expected that on average five to ten percent of the employees will have no clear proof or no complete vaccination protection and a report will be sent to the health department, said Elke Bruns-Philipps, deputy chairwoman of the Federal Association of Doctors in the Public Health Service, the “Rheinische Post”. “This is a significant burden with the examination of each individual case, as is now planned, which the health authorities cannot cope with in a timely manner,” she criticized.
Proof of vaccination or recovery by March 15th
The facility-related vaccination requirement was anchored in the Infection Protection Act. Specifically, it states that employees must present their employer with proof of vaccination or recovery by March 15, or a certificate that they cannot be vaccinated. If the proof is not presented, the health department must be informed. If, despite a subsequent request, no proof is submitted within a period of time, this “can” issue a ban on entering or working in the clinic or care facility.
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