Registration for vaccinations at work starts, and foreigners will also benefit

On May 4, applications for vaccinations at workplaces began. It is possible only in places where a minimum of 300 people can be collected. Employers can propose employees, co-workers, and their family members. The rules do not exclude foreigners. Foreigners can also apply on their own, even without a PESEL number.

The workplace may register the following persons: employees, members of professional self-governments and industry associations cooperating persons (employed under a civil law contract or self-employed), students (in the case of universities), and family members of the above-mentioned persons. 

Małgorzata Orłowska, legalization manager at Sanpro Synergy from the Impel Group, believes that this also applies to foreigners. 

“They are not mentioned explicitly, but since the workplace can report all employees, as well as their family members, we assume that they can also be employees from abroad. On the other hand, based on the inclusion of subcontractors in the program, I conclude that foreigners employed in external companies can also participate in the program,” she said.

All foreigners who have the right to stay in Poland have access to vaccinations, including people studying or learning in Poland, foreign doctoral students, foreigners with a work permit, diplomats, and spouses or children of foreigners with the right to stay. 

“Previously, the rules were unclear to foreigners. It's good that they have been specified recently. I personally called the hotline to confirm them. We suppose that vaccinations at workplaces will follow the same rules,” Małgorzata Orłowska admitted.

(WBJ)