The Social Welfare Department issued a letter to all NGOs in Hong Kong in mid-February, requiring all subsidized or subsidized welfare service units to implement the "vaccine passport" arrangement in two phases. A shot of vaccine can provide a service.
Some social workers said that their employers require employees who choose not to have injections to voluntarily resign and not receive any payment in lieu of notice, severance payment or long service payment.
The Hong Kong Federation of Social Workers’ survey also found that 52.5% of the frontline employees interviewed said their organization had relevant arrangements, describing it as exploitative to force employees to voluntarily resign in lieu of dismissal, and they were worried that the loss of frontline workers would lead to a manpower shortage. Testing replaces vaccination.
In response, the SWD emphasized that the scientific evidence that vaccination can effectively protect patients from severe illness and death is an indisputable fact, and the "vaccine passport" is an important anti-epidemic measure. The human resources policy and management of the non-governmental organizations that assist the service shall be handled by the relevant organizations themselves.
The institution sends a return note to request vaccination, otherwise it must choose voluntary resignation
Social worker Pan Bingkun works in a social welfare organization subsidized by the government, mainly serving squatter tenants.
He said that after receiving the letter from the SWD, his agency immediately distributed a reply slip to the employee to collect information on the employee's vaccination status and future vaccination willingness. At least about 10 colleagues have to "voluntarily resign" due to related arrangements, and he may have to resign on April 1.
Another social worker, Ho Ka On, works in a non-government subsidized unit, but he said that although his unit has nothing to do with the SWD subsidy, after the agency received a letter from the SWD, the agency also asked all employees to have injections before April 1, otherwise they would be fired .
Social work students worry that they will not be able to graduate and get vaccinated next month
In addition, a survey by the General Administration of Social Work showed that 84.3% of the respondents did not agree with the requirement that students studying social work courses must be vaccinated before they can do internships. Among them, Ah A, a fourth-year student in the social work department of the university, said in a telephone interview that there are still about 16 working days to complete the work. Internship, but due to the implementation of the "Vaccine Pass" on April 1, I was worried that I could not complete the internship and could not graduate. I have made an appointment to be vaccinated at the beginning of next month for unknown details.
▼The number of people who received the first dose of the vaccine on March 1 exceeded 6 million▼
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Social media survey: 90.7% of frontline respondents oppose voluntary resignation arrangements
The head office said that since the SWD issued the letter in February, the head office has received a large number of help and inquiries from co-workers, and immediately conducted the above-mentioned questionnaire from March 4 to 14, interviewing 280 employees employed by social welfare organizations on " "Vaccine Pass" related matters, including many seniors of more than 4 years.
The results showed that 52.5% of the respondents indicated that their institutions required employees who did not meet the vaccination requirements to voluntarily resign, and 45.4% had no relevant requirements, that is, they might be internally transferred to work in non-subsidized positions.
According to the survey, 90.7% of the respondents opposed the voluntary resignation arrangement, and 77.9% did not know that they would not be granted labor rights such as payment for notice if they resigned by themselves.
Zhang Zhiwei, vice president of foreign affairs of the SWD, believes that the SWD letter has a serious impact on the industry.
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Voluntary resignation employees will lose notice and long-term service fees
Zhang Zhiwei, vice president of foreign affairs, said that some organizations are "lazy and don't want to be annoying", and even employees of non-subsidized units need to be vaccinated. Long-term service payment, etc.: "(Related institutions) are almost unscrupulous, and I want to deal with it in the simplest way."
Zhang Zhiwei continued that if there are a group of frontline workers who have to leave due to vaccine arrangements, or it is difficult to replace the lost manpower, the society will report to the Labour and Welfare Bureau that the regular testing practice in the past is effective, and the government has recognized the rapid test results. Employees choose to replace vaccination with regular rapid testing or nucleic acid testing.
The Society also hopes that the organization will try its best to transfer uninjected employees to non-subsidized positions to keep their jobs.
According to the government's vaccine program, more than 90 percent of working age groups between 20 and 59 have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
Ninety percent of citizens have been vaccinated but not a minority
According to the website of the government's vaccine program, 91.9% of residents aged 12 or older received their first dose, and 84.1% of them received two doses.
More than 90% of the working age group between 20 and 59 have received at least one dose of the vaccine. The 20-29-year-old group with a lower vaccination rate was also 92.2% as of yesterday (28th), and the middle-aged group was more complete. The vaccinated group has become a minority.
The vaccination rate of children and the elderly is still lagging behind, with only about 60% of the first dose.
SWD: Vaccine scientific evidence is an indisputable fact
The SWD responded that, following the government’s announcement of the implementation of the expanded “Vaccine Pass” plan, all RCHEs and RCHE staff must be vaccinated before February 24th before they can continue to work in the RCHEs. The Government believes that for the same reasons, It is necessary to implement "vaccine passports" in all subsidized or subsidized welfare service units.
The department emphasized that it is an indisputable fact that vaccination can effectively protect patients from severe illness and death. The "vaccine passport" is an important epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic measure. It calls on the employees of institutions that have not been vaccinated against the new crown to be vaccinated as soon as possible.
The department continued that under the current system, the human resources policy and management of NGOs providing government-funded or subsidised services are handled by the relevant organisations themselves.
Human Resources Consultant: Good Record of Voluntary Separation Insurance Employees
Zhou Qiping, a senior human resources consultant and managing director of Yizhi Consulting, said that voluntary resignation can maintain a good record, because many organizations will check the job records of job seekers, if they have been fired, they may not consider it; on the other hand, if they are fired, You can receive compensation such as long-term service payment. Depending on the company's arrangement, there may be payment in lieu of notice.
She believes that if an employee wishes to maintain a good relationship with the old company in order to obtain a certificate of incumbency or a letter of recommendation, etc., when the company asks for voluntary resignation, they can accept the relevant plan.
Zhou Qiping, senior human resources consultant and managing director of Yizhi Consulting Co., Ltd.
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It is recommended that employees choose to resign voluntarily or be fired
Zhou also said that with the implementation of the "Vaccine Pass", the best way for the company to take the initiative to ask employees to resign is to take the initiative to ask employees to leave when they are dealing with injections. However, at the same time, employees should be given the right to choose. For example, if the employee does not accept voluntary resignation, the company can terminate the contract and make relevant compensation.
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