La Fortaleza ordered the heads of agencies and Human Resources offices of government agencies to comply with and enforce the collective agreements in force in the areas of health and safety in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, so that the COVID tests are carried out- 19 to employees who return to the workplace.
This was reported by the Secretary of the Interior, Antonio L. Pabón Batlle, in a press release citing the instructions of Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced, about what was agreed with the workers unions.
The announcement comes after union leaders claims yesterday, when they denounced written expressions of the Fortress last Saturday, in the sense that they wouldn’t test for the new coronavirus and employees would only have their temperature taken as they return to their workplaces.
This information offered on Saturday was also in contrast to the expressions made by Vázquez at the last press conference he had offered in Fortaleza, where he said that all employees would be tested.
For his part, Pabón Batlle announced today that, after a meeting held by the governor with union leaders last week at the convention center, “the different heads of agencies, together with the directors and directors of human resources, They must comply with the collective agreements in force, particularly those clauses that address the composition of the health and safety committees in the sense of taking the necessary measures to carry out the COVID-19 tests on all public employees., and thus maintain a control to safeguard the safety of all. “
Within these clauses, Pabón Batlle explained that the necessary measures must be taken for each workplace for the well-being of each of the public servants, and that the tests are carried out in an orderly manner, according to the work colleagues go back to your place of work.
“Our interest is that the COVID-19 tests are carried out on public employees who are required to work in person., thus carrying out the protocol in an orderly and coordinated manner, “explained the Secretary of the Interior.
Likewise, they must follow up on the work and prevention plans of COVID-19, supervising that it is implemented as established, always seeking the well-being and health of employees.
Pabón Batlle indicated that an official must be appointed to attend and maintain continuous communication with the respective workers’ organization and that said regulations will apply to career and trusted employees.
In the absence of an agreement that indicates so, it is time to work on appointing a team per work center to address this situation. The tests will be carried out free of charge and can be coordinated with the corresponding medical plans.
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