The decree states that based on article 3 of the National Vaccination Law, Law number 8111 of July 18, 2001, as well as ordinals 2 and 18 of the Regulation to the National Vaccination Law, Executive Decree number 32722 of May 20, 2005, the COVID-19 vaccine will be mandatory for the personnel established by the National Commission of Vaccination and Epidemiology, in the extraordinary sessions number VII-2021 of February 16, 2021, VIII2021 of February 23, 2021 and N° XLV-2021 of September 23, 2021, in the case of this last agreement, it will be in the terms established by the National Commission of Vaccination and Epidemiology for the public sector and the private sector. It also indicates that it will be the employer’s responsibility to take the corresponding measures in accordance with the country’s legislation and institutional regulations, in the case of workers who do not want to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
In this regard, employers in the private sector should establish, through duly communicated internal regulations, the obligation of vaccination against COVID 19, if they deem it convenient, prior to executing any disciplinary measure against those employees who are unjustifiably reluctant.