Union and SPD negotiated for hours.
There should not be a general obligation to provide information on vaccinations.
But in some industries, employees will probably have to put the cards on the table.
Employers should
in
future
provide information about a corona vaccination
or a
recovered Covid disease
from
employees in daycare centers, schools and nursing homes
can demand.
After hours of deliberations in the government coalition, the Union and the SPD agreed on this late Thursday evening (September 2), as the German press agency dpa reported on Friday.
Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) had confirmed information from the German Press Agency and told "Spiegel" that for many years it has been "for good reason" that an employer should ask his employees in patient contact whether they have been vaccinated against infectious diseases .
"In this pandemic, we want to extend this right to information to other areas."
Obligation to provide information on vaccination status for daycare centers, schools and homes planned
In the
draft of a corresponding amendment from
the parliamentary groups of the CDU / CSU and SPD, which the dpa had before, it reads: “The employer can (...) provide information or proof of vaccination protection or natural immunity from the employee with regard to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19). "Especially in day care centers, schools and homes, it may be necessary" in the interest of infection protection "to inform employees about their corona vaccination and serostatus, which provides information about antibodies," to use them differently or to refrain from employing unvaccinated persons (in certain areas) ”.
As dpa also reported on Friday, the possibility should only apply during the established epidemic situation of national scope, which the Bundestag had extended for a further three months last week.
And: There should be no broader duty to provide information, for example to enable work in an open-plan office.
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According to the dpa, the reason for the project in the
application
is that “particularly vulnerable groups of people are cared for or are accommodated in the facilities concerned, or that numerous people are exposed to the risk of infection due to their proximity”.
Employers could use the information to structure the work organization in such a way “that the appropriate use of staff is possible and, if necessary, appropriate hygiene measures can be taken”.
The data should be collected directly from the employee.
"The
voluntary nature of the decision
to claim vaccination protection remains unaffected," the draft also clarifies, according to dpa.
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The employers' association BDA had called on the Bundestag to create the basis for mandatory vaccination information in the company.
The unions had resisted a corresponding
obligation
to
provide information
.
According to the report, the new regulation is to be decided in the Bundestag on Tuesday (September 7th).
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