Italy's covid vaccine mandate for over-50s in force from 15 February

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This is crazy. Another stab in the constitution. Where are people's rights?! How are these people supposed to survive??

The new rules for workers aged 50 or upwards are similar to the those in place since 15 October for Italy's 23 million workers who are required to have the basic Green Pass (obtainable by a negative covid test).

From Tuesday, employees over 50 without the Super Green Pass will not be permitted to enter their workplace, with every day they miss as a result regarded as "unjustified" absence.

After five days off work, employees will be suspended and have their pay frozen, with the time off not counted for pension contributions or accrued for holidays.

Fines for going to work without a Super Green Pass range from €600 to €1,500 however nobody can be fired for not having the vaccine certificate.

The Super Green Pass is a "reinforced" version of the "basic" Green Pass and can only be obtained by those who have been vaccinated or recovered from covid-19.

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