Division within government with the “Flexible” sick leave. The Minister of Social Security, Elma Saiz, is committed to a new model of sick leave which in certain cases allows work partially at the same time as you are on sick leave, but the Vice President and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, has already made it clear that He’s not going to “consent”.
During a breakfast organized by Nueva Economía Forum, Saiz explained that, based on “voluntariness and the guarantee of health and safety”, there will be cases in which some people on sick leave will be able to return to work .
“Imminent” and “volunteering”. These are the two key words spoken by the Minister of Social Security this Thursday. LaSexta tried to contact the ministry but, at the moment, there are no answers on how This will be done, which will be possible. What we know is that it will be done within the social dialogue table and that a working group will be opened with the unions and employers.
For her part, Yolanda Díaz was energetic and assured this afternoon that “he will not consent” the proposal raised by Minister Elma Saiz. “We will not accept any modification or distortion of the temporary disability as we have designed it. Therefore, give peace of mind to workers. Health is not in danger. The Ministry of Labor will not agree to no modification,” he said. Diaz insisted.
After Saiz’s proposal, the main question is how “voluntary” the plan is, or how it will prevent, for example, companies from lobbying. The Secretary of State for Health, Javier Padilla, who is also a family doctor, warns that the word “volunteering” can hide “coercion” on the part of the company. But he also admits that for a patient suffering from anxiety or depression, it would be better to return to work gradually rather than doing it all at once.
This would also be the same for someone with two part-time jobs. In this case, you might be able to return to office work, but not do it where you have to carry weight. For their part, social agents do not understand very well. The union believes that making the terms “disability” and “capacity” compatible “is very complicated”.
The president of the CEOE, Antonio Garamendi, on the other hand, is seen with better eyes. “We will listen to what the ministry says, but anything that can be good for the workers, for their health and their recovery, and at the same time that can be reconciled so that the company can continue to operate, we will sit down “, commented Garamendi this Thursday. .
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