School, the circular on “fragile workers” prevents the leakage of teachers due to Covid. But it is not known how to replace those who will be exempted

The nightmare of the exodus 300 thousand “fragile” teachers from school seems avoided. Now the problem is understanding how to frame and relocate them. teachers who will get the job risk exemption Coronavirus. The inter-ministerial circular on “fragile workers”, dismissed last night by Ministry of Health, brings good and bad news to the world of school. Just give it institutes of any grade e Region of the country was highly anticipated, since in recent weeks a real alarm had been generated about the possible “flight” of teachers at risk of COVID-19.

It is no mystery that the age of Italian teachers is very high, among the highest in Europe: 51 years on average, with approx. 300 thousand teachers over 55 years old. Taking as reference the first guidelines of theA, which in April immediately after emergency shutdown had spoken of a “gradual” return, with “exceptional vigilance” for the workers over 55, there was a real danger of facing the need to resign beyond one third of the school staff. A disaster for the Ministry, in a year in which more than 200,000 substitutes are already expected.

On the other hand, the circular moves the age evaluation criterion to pathologies past, it is believed to be true discriminating for the danger of virus, as the death statistics show. This should reduce the Streeteven for school. Also the process to have the Certification will not be so easy and will require He passed by at least two different figures: the teacher Whoever believes they are at risk should first contact the family doctor, for the certification of pathology above, then with this document go to doctor competent designated by the school. He’ll be the one to point modality of work with enhanced protection (for example, the use of visors, or the presence only in less crowded places) or possibly to organize the doctor-collegiate visit for the declaration of temporary disability. A double check that should also eliminate the risk of “easy” certifications: only those who have one or more pathologies chronic, which is really “fragile”, will not go to work.

How many, precisely in light of the new criteria, it is impossible to say at this point. To the Ministry they are convinced that the new circular will reduce the problem (after all, in viale Trastevere they had always considered the alarm of the last days unjustified). the unions, then, based on the first indications from the territory, the certifications they will be at most a few tens of thousands, not hundreds; a peak, and therefore greater criticality, could nevertheless be in the primary school, and among collaborators they (from where several workers already arrive categories protected).

However, this is not enough to reassure trade associations. “We are very concerned: the circular clarifies the criteria for exemption, but does not say anything about how to organize the activity of the teachers who will receive it ”, he explains Maddalena gissi of the Cisl. “An employee can be relocated smart work or in an isolated environment, a professor No. “Plus, there’s the mess of the” forgotten protections “of the Care Italy, then the absence of immunosuppression and suffering from pathologies was equated with hospitalization.

Until the July 31st they could stay at home because it was equivalent to hospitalization by law, they did not take the days of illness which after 180 days became dismissal, nor the use of vacations. Not anymore, and for teachers and custodians who will be considered at risk, we must also find the right contractual framework, as well as relocation or any replacement: “We look forward to the decision of the Ministry of Education in this regard,” he concludes Gissi. “These workers fragile They should not be penalized, it would be an insult to harm ”.

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