In 2021, a new phrase entered the workforce: the Great Resignation. Among the sectors hit hard by this - health care. Since the pandemic began in 2020, more than half-a-million health care professionals have quit in the U.S. It is hitting hospitals as the omicron variant takes off.
Overwhelmed nurses beg Virginians to get vaccinated against COVID-19 vpm.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vpm.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
10 Apr 2021 / 09:00 H.
By Tom Hals
April 1 (Reuters) - Virginia has passed a law making it easier for some healthcare workers who become ill with COVID-19 to collect medical expenses or lost wages.
But there s a catch: the law excludes healthcare workers who are offered a vaccine at work and refuse it.
The bill, retroactive to March 12, 2020, was signed into law by Governor Ralph Northam late on Wednesday, according to an aide to Chris Hurst, a member of the state House of Delegates who drafted the legislation.
The new law presumes that death or disability from COVID-19 for healthcare workers who have had contact with a known COVID positive patient is an occupational hazard, allowing them to collect workers compensation insurance benefits.
Virginia Health Workers With COVID Get Workers’ Comp Unless They Refuse Vaccine
Virginia has passed a law making it easier for some healthcare workers who become ill with COVID-19 to collect medical expenses or lost wages.
But there’s a catch: the law excludes healthcare workers who are offered a vaccine at work and refuse it.
The bill, retroactive to March 12, 2020, was signed into law by Governor Ralph Northam late on Wednesday, according to an aide to Chris Hurst, a member of the state House of Delegates who drafted the legislation.
The new law presumes that death or disability from COVID-19 for healthcare workers who have had contact with a known COVID positive patient is an occupational hazard, allowing them to collect workers compensation insurance benefits.
Virginia Law Denies Benefit to Some Healthcare Workers Who Refuse COVID-19 Vaccine medscape.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from medscape.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.