Subsidy to employers to keep long-term covid health care workers in service longer

Starting today, employers can apply for grants to keep long-term covid health workers employed for a longer period of time. The goal is to keep employees cared for and to continue working with them on recovery and reintegration. Minister Helder had already announced the long-term care program in February.

Many supported people continued to work at the beginning of the corona crisis without knowing much about the virus. They often suffer from pulmonary covid, also called post-covid syndrome, a disease that can be accompanied by great fatigue, concentration problems and dizziness. After two years of illness, they threaten to apply for disability benefits. This situation caused great unrest among health workers and trade unions.

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Helder has now created a subsidy program that helps employers to pay and hire an employee for longer than legally required. Department provides partial cost recovery for this expansion of ongoing payroll.

It must concern employees who have been ill for a long time between March and December 2020. After the second year of illness, the employer is obliged to continue to pay wages for a minimum of six months and a maximum of one year.

The minister points out that care providers are most at risk at the start of the pandemic and the then government urged them to work longer: “They deserve our support to be able to work longer on recovery and reintegration”. With this development, we can help employers retain these incredibly important people in the healthcare sector, which is facing significant staff shortages.”

Source: NOS

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