In the sixth round of funding from the Anti-epidemic Fund, the government launched an anti-epidemic support plan for the property management sector, distributing a total of $10,000 in allowances to frontline cleaners or security guards. However, some employees were excluded because they were engaged in certain types of work.
Some cleaning industry unions have received hundreds of requests for help, claiming that Chinese medicine clinics in public hospitals and security guards and cleaners in private hospitals cannot benefit. The trade union has complained to the Legislative Council for months without results. It is estimated that a total of six major types of work will be affected, involving more than 10,000 people. We urge the plan to change the application from the property management company to individual application to benefit grassroots employees.
After 4 months of inquiries about different departments, the application has not been successfully applied before the deadline
According to the current sixth round of the Anti-epidemic Fund, eligible employees include those working in public hospitals, post-secondary institutions, non-government schools and kindergartens, private residences, mixed-use buildings and commercial buildings who are engaged in security or environmental hygiene-related work Employees, from February to June this year, a monthly allowance of 2,000 yuan will be sent for a period of five months.
However, the Cleaners Union has received more than 300 requests for help in recent months, referring to the fact that security guards and cleaners working in an institution or department were still unable to apply for the scheme before the deadline of the scheme. Among them, outsourced security guards and cleaners working in hospitals became hard-hit area.
A Xing, who works as a night guard in a private hospital opposite the University Station in Shatin District, said that during the epidemic period, the hospital received confirmed patients. During work, they should wear full protective clothing and escort the confirmed patients to the room. It is necessary to control their emotional behavior at a close distance, prevent the other party from taking actions that hurt others or themselves, and basically have "zero distance" contact with the diagnosed person every day.
With the advent of the fifth wave of the epidemic this year, colleagues "will be recruited during the peak period. It is estimated that at least 30% of the total more than 30 people will be affected. To apply for the subsidy under the Anti-epidemic Support Program, he has contacted various departments since April this year. As a result, he "contacted the hospital and pushed the Education Bureau, asked the Education Bureau to push the Home Affairs Office, followed up and pushed it to the Home Affairs Bureau. He turned his head and asked me to ask the medical school affiliated to the hospital, as if he was thrown around by people.” He complained that there was no progress for 4 months, and he had to ask the union for help.
One hospital, two systems, public hospital, western medicine department, Chinese medicine department, outsourced staff
Hu Meilian, director-general of the Cleaners Union, said that in addition to the affected employees in 13 private hospitals, she recently received help from the frontline cleaning security guards of the Chinese medicine clinic department of a public hospital, saying that they belonged to the same hospital, and the cleaning security guards of the Western Medicine Department all benefited. However, the work of the Chinese medicine department is excluded, such as "two practices in the same hospital".
The trade union estimates that in addition to the cleaning and security personnel working in the above-mentioned two types of hospitals, there are also bank branch cleaners, office assistants, outsourced cleaning personnel, non-profit-making organization cleaners not subsidized by the Social Welfare Department, and logistics warehouse industry cleaning and security personnel. All types of work have been excluded from the plan. In addition, some employees reported that the company did not apply for the second phase of the plan after leaving the company in June. It is estimated that more than 10,000 people will be involved, most of whom are grassroots. It is suggested that the plan should be Allows cleaning and security workers to apply for the anti-epidemic fund in their own name, and the application is signed by the employer in a form similar to that of a three-none building.
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