Employment without mandatory medical checks allowed during state of emergency

  • 2020-03-30
  • LETA/TBT Staff
RIGA - Since health care institutions have stopped performing mandatory medical examination of workers in certain professions, businesses are allowed to employ people without these checks during the Covid-19 emergency, Welfare Ministry representative Egils Zarins informed LETA.  The reduced availability of healthcare services means that there are more and more situations where existing and new employees are unable to undergo the mandatory health checks. The Welfare Ministry informs that under the Cabinet of Minister's decree, employees are allowed to employ peopl...
 
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