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Green Pass mandatory in all public and private workplaces: all the rules

Enter into force on October 15 the decree that makes the Green pass mandatory in all public and private workplaces. There is a month to comply. The Council of Ministers approved it unanimously. According to Minister Speranza, there are two objectives: “To make jobs safer and to make the vaccination campaign stronger”.

23 million workers will be affected. The obligation of a Green pass for entry into the workplace is valid for all private workers, including self-employed persons and family collaborators.

The control model already used for the school is applied.

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EMPLOYEES
The Green Pass obligation applies to all public administrations and independent administrative authorities. Also valid for entry into the workplace is valid for all private workers, including the self-employed and family collaborators, therefore carers, maids and babysitters.

The provision also applies “to all persons who carry out, for any reason, their work or training activity in the administrations, also on the basis of external contracts”. It serves for VAT numbers and workers who offer occasional services such as electricians and plumbers and electricians. The certificate requirement is also extended to those who work in voluntary associations.

It will be necessary to show it to enter the municipal councils and for all the places that are accessed with elected positions. Parliament and the Constitutional Court cannot be forced by decree, an invitation from the government to comply should arrive in the coming days.

SMART WORKING
The employee who is in smart working must not have the Green Pass.

CHECKS
The checks are up to the employers. It is they who have to define the operating procedures for organizing the checks. Checks can also be made on a sample basis. However, they must be done at the time of access to the workplace.

SANCTIONS
Dismissal is not possible for public and private employees. Anyone who does not have the certification among the administrative staff is considered unjustified absent and, starting from the fifth day of absence, the employment relationship is suspended until the aforementioned certification is presented and until the expiry of any replacement contract, in any case no later than December 31, 2021. In any case, without disciplinary consequences and with the right to retain the employment relationship.

In the private sector the employees who do not have the Green Pass are immediately suspended from work performance to protect the health of others. No remuneration or other remuneration or emolument, however named, is due for the period of suspension. In any case, workers retain the right to maintain the employment relationship.

He comes fined those who enter the workplace without a Green Pass or with a forgery. The fine should range from 400 to 1000 euros.

SWABS
Prices are controlled. They will be free for those exempted from the vaccine. They will cost 8 euros under 18 and 15 for others until December 31st. It will not be optional as it has been for pharmacies until now. Increases the shelf life of the swab: 72 hours for molecular tests.

FIRST DOSE HEALED
Those who have recovered from Covid will have the Green Pass after the first vaccine without having to wait 15 days.

DISTANCE
The Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini has asked that, with the obligation of the Green Pass, theaters, cinemas and museums can return to normal capacity. Against the Minister of Health Speranza. There is only a pledge from the council of ministers to reconsider the capacity issue in October. All distancing and space criteria should be reviewed in light of the certification requirement, but this will only be done after the situation becomes clear after a few weeks of opening the schools.

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