Since December 31, a thousand staff have been suspended on this island in the Antilles for refusing to comply with the vaccination obligation imposed on their profession.

To put an end to the violent social crisis which shook the island in November, the government had proposed the lifting of the suspension of unvaccinated staff and their remuneration for those who accept "personal support" with a view in particular to reclassification. .

Among the 631 registered nursing staff, 129 people have already affirmed their intention not to be vaccinated and to benefit from the support offered by the State for their professional reorientation, said Valérie Denux during a press conference. , director general of the ARS.

Syringes of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 at the Palais des Sports in Lamentin, Martinique, August 13, 2021 Lionel CHAMOISEAU AFP / Archives

"The committee that I lead, which brings together the actors of employment and vocational training is a one-stop shop that will help these people as close as possible to their wishes," said AFP Florus Nestar, who speaks a situation of caregivers "more suffered than desired".

Health personnel from public employment may, "for those who have agreed to dialogue", benefit from a contractual termination in which the over-remuneration of civil servants (40% in Guadeloupe) will be taken into account, or else d '' training leave, doubled if necessary for leave for skills assessment or validation of acquired experience, specifies the ARS document.

And for those who would not have accepted the meetings of dialogues, they will be able to "use the common right" indicate the health authorities, as for example, asking for a conventional rupture but without integrating the over-remuneration, as it is to use.

"It is a new device, which does not exist elsewhere", insisted the prefect of the region Alexandre Rochatte.

This support system planned for Guadeloupe and Martinique is not, for the time being, governed by a legal framework specific to the Antilles.

A fact confirmed by the Ministry of Overseas France which explains that this "support is done under the responsibility of the employing State, in particular in view of the difficulties experienced by the territory" (unemployment, poverty, and strong resistance to vaccination ).

The total budget for this operation is not yet known because "it depends on the number of staff who will wish to be accompanied and the devices to be implemented", one explains to the prefecture.

In Guadeloupe, opposition to the vaccination pass and the compulsory vaccination of nursing staff in particular, has resulted in major social movements, roadblocks, and repeated violence in several points of the island, in particular at the CHU.

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