MILANO – The government is preparing to equate quarantine again with sick days. The insurance was received yesterday by the Minister of Labor Andrea Orlando, who spoke at the Feast of Unity. “We had reported the issue in the last deviation unfortunately not all the necessary resources have been found. I believe that in the meantime the conditions have matured for some resources committed in other directions to be used in this sense”, said Orlando. “I believe that there can be an answer if all the government agrees, we have an absolutely favorable evaluation to allow quarantine to be considered a disease and not to affect workers and businesses.” “We will talk about it at the next Council of Ministers”, added the minister, “I think we can face it and solve it”.
Are you in Covid quarantine? Workers risk being left without wages or contributions
by Valentina Conte
An intervention, that of Orlando, was very positively received by Unimpresa: “Without the recognition of the planned sickness allowance, also for the quarantine linked to Covid, workers risk losing between 500 euros and 1,000 euros per month in paychecks, according to the duration of the absence, also running the risk that the workers themselves do not report their positivity in order not to have curtailments, with disastrous social and health consequences. Without the intervention of the Minister, the amount would in fact be downloaded to the company coffers it would be an unacceptable penalty “, said the national councilor of A company, Giovanni Assi. According to Assi, “an immediate regulatory intervention is now desirable to make the minister’s announcement concrete, equating quarantine again with sick leave, avoiding potential disputes and above all absurd adjustment operations for companies and their consultants considering the retroactivity of the measure”.