“Unbearable for me”
Kubicki railed against BA boss Scheele
01/31/2022, 04:10 am
The introduction of compulsory corona vaccination would also have consequences for the world of work, says Detlef Scheele. According to the head of the Federal Employment Agency, employers then have the right to reject unvaccinated applicants. FDP politician Wolfgang Kubicki is outraged. He is against consequences for the unvaccinated.
Bundestag Vice President Wolfgang Kubicki has criticized the statements by the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Employment Agency (BA), Detlef Scheele, on the consequences of compulsory vaccination for job seekers. “The fact that people are put in the lace simply because of their vaccination status is now unbearable for me,” said Kubicki on Sunday evening of the “Bild” newspaper. Scheele had said that employers could reject unvaccinated applicants and that unvaccinated people who had become unemployed could only receive unemployment benefits after a blocking period.
Kubicki said: “I find it unabashed to come up with such suggestions in the current phase.” This could lead to people who were considering getting vaccinated not doing so right now. “The danger does not come from the unvaccinated, but from the infected,” said Kubicki.
Scheele’s statement should actually mean: “Anyone who becomes infected loses their entitlement to unemployment benefits because they can no longer make their labor available,” said Kubicki. “Herr Scheele will immediately recognize that this is complete nonsense.”
Scheele told the Funke media group newspaper at the weekend: “If there is a general obligation to vaccinate and violations also have legal consequences, employers can reject an applicant because he is not vaccinated or has recovered.” The Federal Employment Agency must therefore also check “whether a lack of vaccination leads to a blocking period” when introducing a general vaccination requirement.
According to the Robert Koch Institute, vaccination also protects against a severe course of the disease in the case of infection with the now dominant omicron variant of the coronavirus. According to the RKI, the transferability also seems to be reduced among vaccinated people, although the institute is waiting for further studies for a final judgement.