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All these changes have not yet been approved by the Government.
The amendment cover letter states that “sickness benefits are not paid to persons suffering from a communicable disease for which a state emergency and / or quarantine has been declared, who have not been vaccinated against the disease, unless people cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons. “
It also establishes that “vaccination against a communicable disease for which a state of emergency and / or quarantine has been declared is mandatory for workers in certain occupations (unless people cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons), while creates legal preconditions for employers. the dismissal of employees if these requirements are not met. “
And health inspections of workers who work or perform activities listed in the list of jobs and activities in which workers who have been periodically inspected and / or controlled for a communicable disease for which a state of emergency has been declared and / or quarantine are authorized to work due to a contagious disease for which a state emergency has been declared and / or quarantine, will be financed with the funds of the employee or the employer.
In turn, in neighboring Latvia, it will be possible to lay off some unvaccinated workers from September.
Evalda Šiškauskienė, vice president of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists, says she would support a similar procedure. “Just maybe without a drastic layoff,” he added.
Delphi recalls that the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers has agreed that sanctions can be imposed on employees who have not been vaccinated or who have not been subjected to COVID-19 and who provide contact services or other work functions at risk of infecting others during years.
It is suggested that these workers may be fired, reassigned, or even fired. Additionally, unvaccinated individuals will only be able to use contact services when they cannot be provided remotely.
For his part, Remigijus Šimašius, Mayor of Vilnius, said he was surprised that the much higher costs of treating people who had not been deliberately vaccinated were paid by the people who received the vaccine.
“It seems to me that this should be reviewed and a lot of things should be put in place so that people are responsible for their own decisions,” suggested R. Šimašius. The fact that COVID-19 treatment costs taxpayers a lot is confirmed by the Health Insurance Fund.
The average cost of treating a patient in a hospital is 1,700 euros. With artificial lung ventilation, the treatment becomes more expensive from 5 to 33 thousand. euros. And if a more complex treatment is needed, 134 thousand. euros.
Although such high costs can be avoided with vaccination against the coronavirus, the president of the Health Affairs Committee of the Seimas, Antanas Matulas, affirmed that an offer to people who have not received the vaccine not to pay for the treatment in the Seimas does not would receive support.
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