Green pass Italy, mandatory at work from 15 October: rules

Green pass Italy mandatory from Friday 15 October for all workers, public and private, as established by decree. Sanctions, fines and salary suspension for those without a green certificate but no dismissal. Rules and guidelines, what changes with the provision that affects 23 million workers. Green pass and salary Article 1 of the provision states that “the staff … in the event that they communicate that they do not have the Covid 19 green certification or if they do not have the aforementioned certification at the time of accessing the workplace, in order to protect the health and safety of workers in the workplace, he is considered unjustified absent until the presentation of the aforementioned certification and, in any case, no later than 31 December 2021, deadline for termination of the state of emergency, without disciplinary consequences and with right to keep the employment relationship “. The decree establishes that “for the days of unjustified absence referred to in the first period, no salary or other remuneration or emolument, however denominated, is due”. Green pass and private workers Article 3, relating to private work, among other things focuses on companies with fewer than 15 employees: in these companies it is possible to replace the worker without a green pass. “After the fifth day of unjustified absence … the employer can suspend the worker for the duration corresponding to that of the employment contract stipulated for the replacement, in any case for a period not exceeding ten days, renewable for one time only, and no later than the aforementioned deadline of December 31, 2021 “, reads. Green pass and first dose Article 5 focuses on the times related to the granting of the green pass and its duration: for those recovered from covid, the certificate arrives the same day of the first dose and has a duration of 12 months starting from the attested cure. The decree, in article 5, modifies the timing related to the granting of the green pass for those who receive the first dose of vaccine: the certificate is not issued after 15 days but “from the same administration”. So, immediately.Green pass, fines and penalties What risks the worker who does not have one? With the introduction of the obligation, fines of up to 1,500 euros are foreseen for those found without a certificate. More specifically, “staff access to the workplace” without the Green Pass is punished with an “administrative sanction of payment of a sum of between 600 and 1,500 euros”. Fines not only for employees but also for employers who do not control. The dl approved by the Council of Ministers today on the extension of the vaccination passport foresees that they are in charge of checking, with fines – for those who do not – ranging from 400 to a thousand euros. Green pass, for those who are not mandatory – children under 12 years, excluded by age from the vaccination campaign – subjects exempt for health reasons from vaccination on the basis of appropriate medical certification. Until 30 September 2021, the exemption certificates in paper format issued, free of charge, by the vaccinating doctors of the vaccination services of the companies and bodies of the regional health services or by the general practitioners or pediatricians of free choice of the patient can be used. operating as part of the national anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccination campaign, according to the procedures and on the basis of precautions and contraindications defined by the Ministry of Health Circular of 4 August 2021. Vaccine exemption certificates already issued by the Services are valid. regional health care always until 30 September; – citizens who have received the ReiThera vaccine (one or two doses) as part of the Covitar trial. The certification, valid until 30 September 2021, will be issued by the doctor in charge of the trial center in which it was carried out on the basis of the Circular of the Ministry of Health 5 August 2021. Green pass and tampons The green pass decree provides for free covid tampons for fragile subjects who cannot be vaccinated. Prices of calmierated tampons for other citizens. They drop to 15 and 8 euros until 31 December, the date on which the state of emergency should end, with an expansion for pharmacies. For all the frail who cannot get vaccinated it will be free, while it will be set at 8 euros for those under 18 and 15 euros for all others.