Vaccinations in the company: numbers, goals and problems
Vaccinations in the company: the government-Inail project, the stakes of the Privacy Guarantor and the open questions
In-company vaccinations are underway: 12.3 million workers, corresponding to 81 Ateco codes, could soon be immunized based on priorities. But the question goes far beyond the health issue: what happens if an employee refuses to administer the drug?
The Privacy Guarantor tries to clarify: anti- Covid vaccination in the workplace is a matter for the company doctor. Let's go step by step.
VACCINATIONS IN THE COMPANY AT THE START
The Italian vaccination campaign also extends to companies. “We are ready at the same time as the availability of doses”, says the Minister of Labor, Andrea Orlando. "It starts with those who in these months of health emergency have contributed to not stopping the country in essential sectors: from workers in the retail trade and large-scale distribution in the food sector, to transport workers, from catering workers to services to person, ”adds Orlando.
THE INAIL DOCUMENT
Inail has already drawn up the list with all the production sectors that will be able to vaccinate their workers starting from June on the basis of three priority classes. The audience that could be subjected to the vaccine is 17.8 million workers, for 90 ateco codes, but removing the sectors of health workers, education, law enforcement and defense, already vaccinated, the possible candidates, effective, are reduced to 12.3 million, for 81 Ateco codes.
732 ACCREDITED COMPANY SITES
732 company sites, on the other hand, already accredited by the structure of Commissioner Figliuolo. The Regions will have the task of activating vaccinations in the workplace, based on priorities.
RESPECT FOR PRIVACY
Although the administration takes place in the workplace, however, the employer cannot and must not know if the employee has received the vaccine. This is specified by the Privacy Guarantor, who has adopted an address document .
Vaccination in the company "constitutes a public health initiative, which is why the general responsibility and supervision of the entire process remain with the Regional Health Service and must be implemented in compliance with the regulations on data protection", explains the Guarantor, specifying: "the employer is not allowed to collect directly from employees, from the competent doctor, or from other health professionals or health facilities, information relating to the intention of the worker to join the campaign or to the administration (or not) of the vaccine and other data relating to his health conditions ".
VACCINATION IN THE COMPANY: THE GOVERNOR MUST NOT KNOW
Translated: the employer cannot know the identity of who is vaccinated, even with the consent of the worker. "Taking into account the imbalance in the relationship between employer and employee, the consent of the worker in these cases cannot constitute a valid prerequisite for processing vaccination data", explains the Guarantor.
NO CONSEQUENCES FOR EMPLOYEES
It's still. The Autorithy adds that from the choice of the employee “it is not allowed to derive any consequence, neither positive nor negative, from joining the vaccination campaign or not”.
LIABILITY IN CASE OF ILLNESS
There is no shortage of doubts and knots to untie. One above all that on responsibility in case of contagion: "Meanwhile, many entrepreneurs are already wondering what happens if an employee does not get vaccinated and then falls ill: will the responsibility fall on the employer?", Asks La Verità .
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/sanita/vaccinazioni-in-azienda-numeri-fini-e-problemi/ on Tue, 18 May 2021 09:50:09 +0000.