The state of Florida, in the United States, has approved this Thursday new legislation that aims to impose Economic sanctions a companies and hospitals that require mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 for your employees.
The law also prevents educational or government institutions from enforcing mandatory vaccination mandates and proposes that employees are exempt for reasons of religion or health, or if they choose to use personal protective equipment or be tested for the disease.
Private companies that do not comply with this state regulation may be face fines ranging from $ 10,000 –about 9,000 euros– up to $ 50,000 –about 44,000 euros–, depending on the size of the business and the number of workers, points out ‘The Hill’.
The Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has signed this rule just a day after conservative lawmakers approved its agenda against mandatory vaccination mandate, and has celebrated that this is “the strongest legislation that has been promulgated in any part of the country.”
In this way, the governor opposes once more –as he already did with the mandatory use of a mask– to the provisions approved by the President of the United States, Joe Biden, in aspects related to the pandemic, remembers CNN.
“There are times when you need to stand up and make your voice heard, and we had the ability to do that (…) At the end of the day, no one in Florida should lose their job vaccinating. We want people to be able to work, we want people to be able to support their families. We want people to be able to have livelihoods, and so it will be in this state, “DeSantis said at a press conference.
In addition, he has published a message on his social networks where he has assured that Florida “will get in the way of bureaucrats who want to take away our jobs and freedom through heavy-handed mandates. ”
