(Lsm.lv ziņu redaktore) The government has adopted new changes requiring compulsory vaccination in several sectors, and employers have the right to fire employees if they have failed to do be vaccinated against Covid-19. The changes have yet to be put into law by the Saeima and are likely to be the subject of heated debate.
Below you will find LSM s best effort at a summary of the rules, though they are rather complex and come with various exceptions and get-out clauses. In addition to the rules applying to the civil service and public employees, one of the more controversial areas is likely to concern the obligation of private businesses to make potentially complex legal calls regarding how much of an epidemiological threat unvaccinated individual employees might pose to public health.
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