The law could oblige caregivers to perform protective work and would give regional administrative agencies the opportunity to postpone or suspend strikes.
Feelings The controversial patient safety law is supposed to be approved today in the parliament. By law, caregivers could be obliged to perform protective work during industrial action. In addition, it would give regional administrative agencies the possibility to postpone or suspend strikes for a week up to four times.
The content of the bill was decided on Friday in the first reading of the plenary session of the parliament, and today it is planned to decide on the approval of the law.
Minister of Family and Basic Services Aki Lindén (sd) said in an interview with Ylen Ykkösaamu on Saturday that the law could enter into force late today, when it could have an effect on the strike announced to start tomorrow. The nursing organizations Tehy and Super have announced that they will start a four-day strike on Tuesday in the southern home care unit of the city of Helsinki.
Nursing organizations have criticized the patient safety law because they consider it to seriously violate the basic rights of nurses. According to the organizations, the law, if implemented, would take away the right to industrial action from nurses and would deepen the shortage of nurses. They organized a demonstration against the law that ended in front of the parliament building on Friday.
According to Minister Lindén, it would be possible to apply the law also in mass layoffs, which Tehy and Super have announced they are preparing.
The nurses’ long-running labor dispute is to be mediated again today at the office of the national conciliator.
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