Via the vaccination of workers in the company with which the national campaign can be strengthened once it is finally fully operational.
The agreement signed tonight between the government, businesses and trade unions provides for this. A channel, the corporate one, parallel to the ordinary network and not an alternative procedure: in fact, according to the protocol, it will constitute a public health activity within the National Strategic Plan for anti-Covid-19 vaccination prepared by the Extraordinary Commissioner .
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And it will not result in binding rules: it will require the voluntary adhesion of employers and workers. All companies will be able to apply freely; there is no minimum size requirement as vaccination will be offered to all workers, “regardless of the type of contract”. If the vaccination is carried out during working hours, the Protocol continues, the necessary time “will be equated in all respects to working hours”. Furthermore, the criminal liability of health workers for adverse events in the hypothesis of compliant use of the vaccine is expressly excluded, while the costs for the creation and management of business plans, including those for administration, “are entirely borne by the employer”.