After a scandal due to bonuses for vaccinated clinic employees in Offenbach, the SLK-Klinikum Heilbronn has spoken out on the subject of personal vaccinations.
A bonus for vaccinated clinic employees caused a stir in Offenbach. How op-online.de * reports, the clinic staff of the Ketteler Hospital in Offenbach a corona bonus* – but only those staff who have already been vaccinated. Around 300 employees at the Ketteler Hospital are said to have received a bonus in the form of a one-time payment of 500 euros.
This bonus is a collective wage allowance from the German Caritas Association to which every clinic employee is actually entitled and which is not linked to any conditions. In the Ketteler Hospital, however, the premium was initially only paid to employees who had already had their vaccinations. Those who have not been vaccinated should receive the premium at a later date. To the annoyance of the staff, who sacrificed themselves every day in the fight against the corona pandemic, but decided against a vaccination for personal reasons.
Heilbronn: bonuses for vaccinated employees? SLK-Klinikum comments on personal vaccinations
Upon request from echo24.de * said the SLK-Klinikum Heilbronn on the subject of personal vaccinations. There is no mention of bonuses for vaccinated employees. “SLK offers all employees the opportunity to be vaccinated during working hours and communicates this regularly via internal communication channels,” says Mathias Burkhardt, press spokesman for the SLK clinics. This offer will probably only be available this week.
“At the beginning of the vaccination campaign, due to the very limited vaccine resources, it was initially only possible to vaccinate high-risk occupational groups (e.g. employees of the Corona intensive care units, Corona normal wards), now all employees of the SLK clinics can use the vaccination offer,” explains Mathias Burkhardt.
SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn: Vaccination offer is well received by the staff
The SLK clinics offer all employees the option of being vaccinated directly at the Klinikum am Gesundbrunnen, i.e. in their own company: “So far, all SLK employees who have opted for a vaccination via SLK have been able to get vaccinated at the Klinikum am Gesundbrunnen , which serves as a vaccination center for the SLK network, can be vaccinated – also through the support of the communal vaccination centers. In addition, with a vaccination authorization issued by SLK, there is of course the option of being vaccinated externally. “
The vaccination offer has been well received by the employees of the SLK clinics: “So far, around 2,500 SLK employees have been vaccinated, which corresponds to a rate of almost 45 percent. For the current week, the employees have appointments on two additional vaccination days, which are carried out in the Klinikum am Gesundbrunnen. According to the current state of knowledge, these are initially the last vaccination appointments that SLK employees are allowed to offer on site, ”said the press spokesman for the SLK clinics echo24.de With. *echo24.de and op-online.de are offered by IPPEN.MEDIA.
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