Following weeks of negotiations with social partners, regional authorities, and the various parties that make up the governing majority, the Council of Ministers approved a decree that requires all workers to present a Covid-19 health pass - showing they have been vaccinated against Covid-19, are recovering from the virus, or have recently tested negative - in order to enter their place of work. The measure will apply from 15 October until 31 December 2021, when the state of health emergency comes to an end. Workers without a health pass will be suspended without pay and those found in their workplace without a pass will be fined. It will be up to employers to organise checks. The move is the first of its kind by a European country.
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