Do companies have to offer their employees corona tests - and if so, how?
Before the fifth “Economic Summit”, it looks like the fronts are hardened.
Economics Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU *) asks business representatives again for the Corona crisis meeting.
Their most important requirement will probably be: no lockdown * without an opening perspective.
A controversial topic is a possible obligation to offer employees corona tests *.
Berlin - It is the fifth switch of this type since the beginning of the pandemic.
This Thursday, Minister of Economic Affairs Peter Altmaier (CDU) is advising more than 40 business associations about the Corona crisis *.
According to a ministry spokeswoman, it is about all industries being able to name their current problems.
One point is the government officials threatened obligation for companies to offer their employees corona tests.
There is currently only one voluntary commitment.
By the end of March, however, most employees did not have sufficient offers.
This was the result of a study by the Hans Böckler Foundation.
Dispute over corona tests: "We are looking forward to the answers from the Chancellery"
"Testing in companies should become a legal obligation," said the chairman of the CDU / CSU * workers' group in the Bundestag, Uwe Schummer, to the
Funke
newspapers on Thursday.
Most companies care about the health of their employees - "but there are always exceptions," said Schummer.
This could quickly lead to new risks of infection.
The obligation to test must apply above all “where there are employees in the company”.
The middle class rejects the idea.
Before Chancellor Angela Merkel * (CDU) “makes new regulations for entrepreneurs like a landlady, she should be clear about the consequences,” said BVMW boss Markus Jerger, the
Funke
newspapers.
It is unclear, for example, where an estimated 60 million rapid tests per week will come from.
Whoever takes control of the test results is also open.
Before the Corona summit with Altmaier: SME representatives accuse Merkel of failure
The most important question, however, is who should bear the costs of "an estimated one billion euros a month" for the corona tests in the companies, said Jerger: "We are looking forward to the answers from the Chancellery." with the debate about compulsory testing for companies "to divert attention from their own blatant failure in test and vaccination logistics".
The federal government is currently examining these test offers;
The results should be available by the next federal-state round on April 12th.
Economic summit on the corona crisis: Industry representatives are calling for uniform rules
In the run-up to the Corona economic summit, the industry demanded an overall more reliable policy, for example BDI Managing Director Joachim Lang.
"It's not just about whether it will be opened or closed, but it must also be clarified when and how," he told the dpa.
Dehoga President Guido Zöllick told the dpa something similar.
He called for a nationwide uniform catalog of measures, in which it was clearly regulated which restrictions or easing occur when certain values are reached.
That is elementary for the necessary acceptance in the population and in the economy.
(dpa / AFP / frs)
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