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Clinic fined 6,000 Euro for insisting on nurses skirts
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By h.b. - Apr 11, 2008 - 6:46 PM
The Pascual company has been fined the money for insisting that female nurses and health assistants wear skirts in their health centres
The Pascual company which owns a chain of health centres in Andalucía has been ordered to pay a 6,000 € fine for obliging their female nursing staff to wear skirts.
Work inspectors considered that the company was infringing equality legislation by insisting on the skirts and removing productivity bonus payments of 30 € a month from the nurses who preferred to wear trousers at the San Rafael Clinic in Cádiz and others belonging to the company.
The company issued a statement saying that their uniform, skirt included, was simply part of fashion or taste and could not be considered to offend the workers in any way. They say the work inspectors have been affected by recent media coverage of the case and the ‘sensationalism of the media’.
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Clinic fined 6,000 Euro for insisting on nurses skirts
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By h.b. - Apr 11, 2008 - 6:46 PM
Nurses in trousers in Cádiz - Photo EFE
The Pascual company which owns a chain of health centres in Andalucía has been ordered to pay a 6,000 € fine for obliging their female nursing staff to wear skirts.
Work inspectors considered that the company was infringing equality legislation by insisting on the skirts and removing productivity bonus payments of 30 € a month from the nurses who preferred to wear trousers at the San Rafael Clinic in Cádiz and others belonging to the company.
The company issued a statement saying that their uniform, skirt included, was simply part of fashion or taste and could not be considered to offend the workers in any way. They say the work inspectors have been affected by recent media coverage of the case and the ‘sensationalism of the media’.
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Emma
12 Apr 2008, 22:03
12 Apr 2008, 22:03
I used to be a nurse and feel that a uniform that includes a skirt is
smarter than the smock and trousers that seems to be taking over. So I
think it's wrong that this company was fined for expecting female staff to
look smart, professional and feminine.
Jean
04 Jun 2008, 05:18
04 Jun 2008, 05:18
A skirt uniform is NOT smart. If a patient bleeds or poops on your leg,
you're immediately contaminated. Skirts restrict movement If you have to
bend down to help patients, you reveal underwear. This is degrading and
prevents nurses from obtaining that professional status. It also deters men
from nursing. Why not require doctors to wear skirts or shorts to work?
Nurses have to have much medical knowledge like doctors. They are not just
there to "hold patient's hand" or "clean poop." They do assessments, know
the medical stuff, understand medications, etc. They are professionals, so
why treat them like lower class scum? Emma, did you not learn about nursing
history?
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