The second vice-president and minister of labor and social economy, Yolanda Diazannounced that next Monday the Council of Ministers would approve paid leave which will cover “100% of salary” workers affected by DANA.
Furthermore, these paid leave They will not have a fixed period of days, unless authorized because of death, which extends to five days from the funeral. They won’t have to recover either.
The Council of Ministers, which is traditionally held on Tuesday, will continue until Monday to approve more measures to deal with the consequences of DANA, after announcing on Tuesday a plan of 10.6 billion in direct aid, tax measures and guarantees. These measures also include nullity of dismissal.
On that day, the government will green light paid work permits for people affected by DANA who I can’t work due to the need to search for or care for family members or because they have housing, mobility or connectivity issues.
In an interview with The time of 1 from TVE, Yolanda Díaz argued that these permits will not have a predetermined duration, they will cover “a multitude of causes” and will be active for the time requested by the worker, which You will receive 100% of your salary and contribute.
The reason deadlines are not included in these permits is that it is not possible to know when communication routes, cell phone connectivity, landlines or water will be operational, between other circumstances that could prevent workers from coming to your workplace or. telework.
Non-recoverable days
The minister also announced that these paid permits will, contrary to what happened during the Covid pandemic, not recoverable, In other words, workers affected by DANA will not have to make up the hours or days they did not go to work.
These authorizations are part of the work shield which will be approved by the Council of Ministers next Monday, which will be held one day earlier than usual due to the agenda of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez.
Said shield will have retroactive effects since October 29And and will also include a extraordinary subsidy for domestic workers and the launch of Plan take care of me, among other measures.
The vice president indicated that the work measures that the government will adopt for those affected by DANA “will not be subject to the geographical limits of the disaster.”
In the event that there are mechanisms for people to travel to work (for example, the provision of a bus by the company if they do not have a private car and must travel), the vice-president indicated that it would be possible to go to work provided that there is no risk to the worker.
“The mandate we have given you is that if you cannot attend physically, telework. But if there are mechanisms to be able to work in complete safety, without risk to life, we can of course go to work,” he stressed.
Finally, Yolanda Díaz also took the opportunity to ask companies to comply with the law and protect your workers. “I monitor on a daily basis companies that do not comply with current legislation,” said the vice-president, who stressed that the Labor Inspectorate “knows exactly which companies comply and which do not.”
The minister reiterated that the work shield people affected by DANA will understand nullity of dismissal. “I want to send a message to businesses, it’s about maintaining employment, You don’t have to fire anyone. The Spanish government is deploying all mechanisms,” underlined the vice-president.
