Tokyo Women's Medical University "Unpaid leave for corona infection in violation of self-restraint request"

Last month, it was found that Tokyo Women's Medical University had indicated to its staff that if they were infected with the new coronavirus, such as by violating a self-restraint request on campus, they would not be paid during the holidays.

In response, the university labor union submitted a request for withdrawal to the university on the 10th.

According to a document addressed to staff by Tokyo Women's Medical University on January 29, if you are infected with the new coronavirus, if you are recognized as a close contact and take a leave of absence, or if you are ordered to wait at home due to fever etc. , If the cause is a violation of the self-restraint request from the university or an apparently inappropriate act, the salary during the period will be unpaid.

The document also stated that "employees working at medical colleges are obliged to provide work in a healthy condition, and taking leave due to infection etc. is a default."

In response, the university's labor union announced on the 10th that it had submitted a request to the university to withdraw the policy on the web page, saying, "A change in the provision that can be taken as'punishment'is not accepted at all. It is natural for faculty and staff to feel uneasy and doubtful because of the vagueness of the recognition and judgment criteria for violations of the law. We have posted the opinion that.

According to the university, as a measure against infection, faculty and staff are requested to wear masks, to refrain from eating and karaoke with a large number of people, and from last month, wearing protective equipment such as goggles and eating are in principle 1 It means that they are requesting that they be taken by themselves.

On the 8th, the university told NHK that "In order to fulfill our social responsibility as a medical institution, we are taking stricter measures against infectious diseases than ordinary companies. We are responsible for dealing with infectious diseases on campus. I will refrain from answering related questions by doing so. I am not unpaid just because of infection. "