The city of Linz, Austria, finds unvaccinated individuals and hires people to ensure they pay fines after the country announces national vaccination mandates.
From February 1st, all persons residing in Austria and over the age of 14 must be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Failure to comply will result in a fine of up to € 3,600 ($ 4,071) for 12 months, but the fine calculation will take into account your income and other financial obligations. Alternatively, authorities may fine the shortened procedure up to € 600 (about $ 680).
Prior to the vaccination deadline, the city of Linz, Upper Austria, is currently hiring people to ensure that unvaccinated people pay fines.
according to Job ads This role, listed on the official website of the Linz City Council, will be paid a monthly salary of at least € 2,774 ($ 3,126). Duties include preparing unvaccinated fine orders, handling appeals against orders, and taking action against those who fail to pay. Fines and other administrative tasks.
The beginning of the ad states that this job is suitable for people who “enjoy the law and administrative procedures”.
Candidates must be high school graduates, have basic IT skills, be resilient, accurate, and be able to work independently. They also need to be willing to work overtime as needed.
The work is open only to Austrian citizens and of course they must be vaccinated.
Linz, with a population of about 200,000, has the lowest vaccination rate across Austria, with only 63% of the population being double vaccinated. Brick reported, Quoting official government data.
Austria is the first European country to impose a COVID-19 vaccine obligation. The State Health Minister will share details of the government’s mission earlier this month, and authorities will write to unvaccinated people every three months to prove their right to exemption by the next deadline. Said to notify him to take a shot or ask a doctor.
Failure to comply will result in a fine every three months. If they can provide evidence of vaccination, the proceedings against the individual will be withdrawn in the meantime.
“”[The] The procedure will be up to € 3,600 [$4,071]— Take into account your income and financial situation, “said Minister Wolfgang Muxstein. “People who have not been vaccinated will be notified quarterly to be vaccinated until the next” vaccination deadline “or to register the reason for the exception. “
Pregnant women, children under the age of 14, and Austrians who cannot fire for health reasons are exempt from this requirement.
Mandatory vaccines have sparked national protests, with thousands of demonstrators gathering in Vienna, the capital of the country, to protest the measure. Herbert Kickle, the leader of the Freedom Party of Austria, called for resistance to this policy and said the government’s plan was equivalent to “assaulting humanity.”
Meanwhile, the country imposed a blockade last month in a new wave of COVID-19 infections. Authorities relaxed these blockade restrictions on vaccinated residents last week, but unvaccinated residents were still subject to strict measures.
However, Muxtine said last Friday that the reduction in infectious diseases would temporarily ease these restrictions on unvaccinated people on Christmas and New Year.
“Christmas should once again show us how important contact with our loved ones is and how valuable it is to spend time with them,” said the Minister of Health.
Unvaccinated Austrians are allowed the exception of attending a gathering of up to 10 people from December 24th to December 26th and December 31st.
“In the last few weeks, I’ve had the advantage of wanting to use it. To remember what’s really important, I’d like to use it to pause Christmas,” he said.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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Katabella Roberts is a reporter currently based in Turkey. She focuses primarily on the United States and covers the news and business of The Epoch Times.