Spain’s Social Security Ministry has announced that SARS-CoV-2 related preventative isolation will count as sick leave and as such qualifies for daily sick leave compensation. The Social Security Ministry sets a clear criterion to resolve business-employee differences in opinion and indicates that ‘SARS-CoV-2 preventative isolation for workers will be considered as a situation of temporary work incapacity stemming from a common widespread illness.’
The Ministry announcement resolves doubts surrounding a situation in Tenerife that saw staff at a hotel in the Canary island being quarantined following an outbreak of the virus amongst the resort’s guests. It sets out a general quarantine framework that seeks to stem the spread of the virus. The statement also indicates that even if people are not affected by illness or accident they should nonetheless by monitored which in and of itself interrupts the ability to go to work under normal circum
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