Workers without the three doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will not be able to work in person

The three doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 they became mandatory requirement to be able to work face-to-face in a company, after a change in the regulation provision of the General Labor Inspection Law.

According to the provisions of the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (MTPE) in it Supreme Decree No. 004-2022-TRemployers could incur “a very serious administrative infraction if it provides, requires or allows the entry or stay of people to provide services in the workplace, when they do not have the doses of vaccination against COVID-19, required for face-to-face work activity, according to current regulations or, if they are exempted, fail to comply with the conditions and obligations provided for in said case, in accordance with the provisions of a ministerial resolution or regulation that replaces it of the competent Health Authority.

That is, the worker who only has two doses of the vaccine, or less, and wants to work in person voluntarily, will not be able to do so, since your employer or the company for which you provide services will be fined.

Regarding the economic sanction that will be imposed on workplaces that allow their employees to work without having their full vaccination, the measure indicates that this will depend on how many employees were affected. Specialists indicate that currently the fines to companies that are typified by very serious infractions range from 2.63 OFF (S/ 12,098) hasta 52.53 OFF (S/ 241.638).

Supreme Decree No. 004-2022-TR also indicates that they will not be able to work in person either. workers of companies that provide services, or service locators, who do not have the three doses of vaccines against COVID-19.

“Affected workers are considered to be the total number of people who provide services in person at the work center in which the commission of the aforementioned infraction was noticed,” indicated in the decree.

As it is recalled, since April 1, the State made it mandatory for all those over 18 years of age to have the three doses of the coronavirus vaccine to enter public and private establishments.

In this sense, he gave a period of 15 days to face-to-face workers, who do not have their booster dose, to be fully immunized, seeking not to interfere with their work activities, whether in the private or public sector. .

“For a maximum period of fifteen calendar days from the entry into force of this Supreme Decree, private service providers and public sector workers who do not have the third dose can continue to carry out face-to-face work activity” , indicated by this then the legal device.

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Yesterday afternoon, the President of the Council of Ministers, Hannibal Torresannounced the non-mandatory return of all public servants in regions where vaccination with three doses has reached 80%.

At a press conference, the prime minister asserted that face-to-face attendance is necessary to guarantee good care for citizens, under conditions in which virtuality has not always been able to prosper since the pandemic began.

“They must return to face-to-face work because it is necessary to serve the public properly, which is difficult with this remote work”said the head of the PCM.

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