Healthcare Staff No Longer Entitled To 'Long Covid' Sick Pay

Until now, they've been able to avail of a temporary scheme.

Healthcare workers with Long Covid will no longer be entitled to special sick pay after midnight tonight.  

Until now, they've been able to avail of a temporary scheme that provides public sector workers with full pay. 

But that will end today for those with Long Covid, and they'll be moved to ordinary sick leave. 

Tony Fitzpatrick, from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, is calling for the special scheme to be extended. 

 

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