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After 137 employees of a slaughterhouse in Bad Bramstedt (Segeberg district), including some of their relatives, tested positive for the Corona virus, operator Vion spoke up. At the request of NDR Schleswig-Holstein, the company announced that it was unaware that employees with crown symptoms were forced to continue working. “On the contrary: When the first two employees reported symptoms, the necessary health measures were started immediately and the employees went to medical attention,” the statement continues.
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After 130 employees of a slaughterhouse in Bad Bramstedt were infected with the corona virus, the subcontractor responsible for their accommodation also rejects the allegations.
Vion: “comprehensive protection measures” since early March
According to NDR information, employees have been pressured to continue working multiple times, despite complaining of crown symptoms and reporting to their foremen. Vion said that since early March, “comprehensive protective measures have been introduced and implemented to prevent chains of infection caused by coronavirus in the workplace,” including minimum distances of 1.5 meters, partitions or protection for the nose and the mouth.
Minimum standards in the living room must be contractually regulated
Above all, there are criticisms that employees’ narrow dwellings may have promoted the spread of the virus. 77 of the infected people live in collective housing in a former barracks in Kellinghusen (Steinburg district), according to NDR research in too small a space. You work at Vion through the DSZ (Battle and German Court) subcontractor. This subcontractor is also responsible for accommodating employees.
the DSZ rejected allegations Tuesday that the highest standards for worker accommodation were set. Vion said there are contracts with subcontractors that these minimum standards must be met in the living area of contract workers. If deficiencies are found in this area, contracts with companies can be terminated.
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After a threatening lawsuit, Vion now wants a “constructive solution”
After Vion, the Steinburg district threatened to sue, the company is apparently now trying to calm the situation. Managing Director Bernd Stange sent a “downscaling letter” to the district, Vion said. Withdraw the possibility of a procedure. The slaughterhouse’s most recent concern was restarting operations with negative evidence employees.
Group accommodation in Kellinghusen is under quarantine. Quarantine for first residents will end Thursday. Vion is in talks with health authorities, according to the statement. There is supposed to be a “constructive solution” to restart the slaughterhouse.
Slaughterhouse should restart next week
According to district administrator Jan Peter Schröder (freelance), the Segeberg district coordinates a hygiene concept with Vion, which also includes transportation to the company. The slaughterhouse plans to restart operations when employees leave quarantine, says Schröder. Production is expected to restart production between the beginning and the middle of next week. According to Schröder, only employees who have tested negative for the corona virus should enter the company.
The federal government wants to “order these circumstances”
After Nationally, there has been an increase in corona infections in slaughterhouses, the federal government announced that the so-called corona cabinet would adopt strict regulations next Monday. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) spoke of “terrifying news” from the meat industry, referring to the often precarious working and living conditions of employees. Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) announced: “We will clean up under these conditions.” He also campaigned to think fundamentally about currently extended construction contracts.
Schleswig-Holstein Minister for Social Affairs Garg confirmed
Schleswig-Holstein Minister for Social Affairs Heiner Garg (FDP) has his course confirmed. At the recent Conference of Labor Ministers and Social Ministers in late November, he launched an initiative to address regulatory gaps. With the request unanimously accepted, the federal government was asked to act, in particular to improve the situation for Eastern European employees. Circumventing the labor protection law also distorts competition to the detriment of qualifying small and medium-sized businesses, Garg said.
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