Vaccine | vaccination card | Workers without full doses will do remote work or perfect suspension of work will be applied | ECONOMY

In addition to the requirement of the vaccination card to enter closed places, for example, shopping centers, conglomerates, restaurants, among other places; Through a Supreme Decree, the Government It also established that every person who carries out face-to-face work activities must prove their complete vaccination scheme against COVID-19.

In the case of private sector workers who have not received the two corresponding doses against the coronavirus, they must provide services through the remote work mode.

However, what happens when the activity itself does not allow remote work to be carried out? Supreme Decree No. 179-2021 emphasizes that when the nature of the work is not compatible with remote work, The assumption of suspension of the employment contract will be understood to have occurred, without the benefit of salaries (that is, perfect suspension of work).

The aforementioned will be given unless the parties agree to the imperfect suspension of the employment relationship (which It occurs when the employer pays the remuneration without there being effective provision of work by the worker).

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“By ministerial resolution, the Ministry of Health in coordination with the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion, may establish exceptional cases and complementary provisions. It is the employer’s obligation to verify compliance with the aforementioned provisions “, remarks the DS.

Germán Lora, a labor lawyer, said on his Twitter account that the recent enactment of the DS -which took place last night and takes effect as of today- forces companies to adapt to the provision of services to their workers in a very short term.

Public sector

In the case of public sector workers that do not have the complete vaccination scheme, the provisions of the Sole Final Complementary Provision of the Emergency Decree No. 055-2021 apply. (which mentions a gradual return to face-to-face work by civil servants of public entities from sectors other than the health sector) and the complementary provisions issued by the Ministry of Health in coordination with the National Civil Service Authority.