Drivers Of The Berlin Urban Rail System (S-Bahn) Are Calling In Sick - But Not Due To Infections
Since the introduction of the 3G rule at the workplace many drivers at the Berlin S-Bahn have been absent. One in ten is currently on sick leave. As a result, the transport company is now having to reduce its services and forego repeater lines.
Due to staff shortages, Berlin's S-Bahn will have to restrict its service until the end of the year. The 'Berliner Zeitung' has received a letter from the company stating that six lines are particularly affected. Report by FOCUS
Ten per cent of the work force are quite a number of people. There have been winters when at least 10% of the drivers had been sick with influenza. Good for the company that there seem to be no major respiratory infections this year...
Since the introduction of the 3G rule at the workplace many drivers at the Berlin S-Bahn have been absent. One in ten is currently on sick leave. As a result, the transport company is now having to reduce its services and forego repeater lines.
Due to staff shortages, Berlin's S-Bahn will have to restrict its service until the end of the year. The 'Berliner Zeitung' has received a letter from the company stating that six lines are particularly affected. Report by FOCUS
"Unfortunately, last week (especially after the introduction of the 3G rule* in the workplace) the sickness rate among our train drivers has risen sharply and is now stable at over ten percent," writes Peter Buchner, managing director of the Berlin S-Bahn. "It is not foreseeable that the sickness rate will return to normal levels in the short term."
(* The rule demanding that you have to be either vaccinated, recuperated or regularly tested)
Some public transport workers are still not yet immunized against Corona. The parent company of the Berlin S-Bahn, Deutsche Bahn, provides free weekly tests for this purpose at its own company or at other test centers.
It is possible, however, that the daily procedure has now become too time-consuming for some drivers - which is why they prefer to take sick leave.
Ten per cent of the work force are quite a number of people. There have been winters when at least 10% of the drivers had been sick with influenza. Good for the company that there seem to be no major respiratory infections this year...