Extension and obligation of the Green Pass in the workplace and strengthening of the screening system
- Studio Piceci
- September 21, 2021
- Reading time: 3 min
Decree Law No. 127 of September 21, 2021, published on the same date in the Official Gazette No. 226/2021, concerning urgent measures to ensure the safe performance of public and private work by extending the scope of application of the COVID-19 green certification and strengthening the screening system, introduced the obligation, from October 15 until December 31, 2021, the end of the state of emergency, for all public and private sector workers, including freelancers and family workers, to possess and show, upon request, the Covid-19 green certification, which they must obtain in order to access their workplaces.
The Decree stipulates that staff who are required to have green certification, if they report that they do not have it or are found not to have it when accessing the workplace, are considered to be unjustifiably absent and are not entitled to remuneration or other compensation or emolument for those days until the aforementioned certification is presented, and in any case no later than December 31, 2021, specifies the Decree, "without disciplinary consequences, except those according to the respective sector regulations, and with the right to retain their employment relationship."
For companies with fewer than 15 employees , after the fifth day of unjustified absence , the employer may suspend the employee for a period corresponding to the duration of the replacement employment contract, for a period not exceeding ten days, renewable only once, and no later than December 31, 2021.