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This means, among other things, that the working day can be extended to 48 hours a week and that additional overtime can be worked.
Only one application was submitted after an additional regional board meeting.
“The situation is very serious and we must ensure that the care has the necessary personnel to meet the needs. It is a decision that nobody wants to make, but we have to do it,” says Emilie Orring (M), president of the regional board. , in a press release.
“Exhausted all possibilities”
This was followed by decisions of the Swedish municipal and regional management boards (SKR) and Sobona (employers’ organization of municipal companies).
“The Uppsala region has exhausted all possibilities to secure staffing that exist under the regular collective agreement. Therefore, we have decided to activate the crisis agreement”, says Joakim Larsson, chairman of the negotiating delegation at SKR and on Sobona’s association board, according to a press release.
To date, activation of crisis agreements has previously been granted in Stockholm, Västra Götaland, Skåne and Gävleborg.
Extra workload
The Vårdförbundet union points out that the crisis agreement means an additional workload for members already in distress, but also that employees receive 220 percent of salary during additional working hours.
“Now that the situation is as it is, with a great spread of infection and patient pressure, it is necessary that the nursing members of Vårdförbundet receive reasonable financial compensation for their hard work. It is an extremely tense situation now and it is precisely for this kind of situation we have signed the crisis agreement with SKR, “says Sofia Lindström, president of the union in Uppsala, in a press release.
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