Employees in the health and social care system who do not want to be vaccinated, do not have a Covid certificate, have not recovered from the virus and refuse to take a test for Covid-19, will not be able to enter the institutions where they work from 1 October, or will be considered not to have appeared at work, and may be dismissed without notice. A government source explained that labour relations are already defined by the Labour Law and employment regulations for health and social care institutions, so that these regulations will not have to be changed for these measures.
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