“Business Russia” offered the state to compensate 50% of business costs for vaccination – Economy and business
MOSCOW, November 1. / TASS /. The state should cover the costs of vaccinating employees against the new type of coronavirus. This opinion was expressed on Monday by TASS President of “Business Russia” Pavel Titov.
“For the business, which was obliged to vaccinate at first 60, and now 80% of employees, just took over.” [эту] And often even invites to the place of work contracts that vaccinate workers. <…> Still, we can only act with gingerbread to vaccinate our employees. And gingerbread, often, these are some kind of payments or additional days off. And here, of course, it is very difficult – now everything is different. – he said.
Titov admits that this is a partial compensation of expenses. “At least 50% – I think it will be fair,” he said.
In October, the chief sanitary doctor for the city of Moscow, Elena Andreeva, decided to strengthen the requirements for mandatory vaccination of service workers. Enterprises and organizations operating in these industries are required to ensure vaccination of at least 80% of the total number of employees by January 1, 2022. Vaccination with the first component must be carried out by December 1, 2021.