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“Are police second class workers?” Union criticises lack of quarantine leave

“Are police second class workers?” Union criticises lack of quarantine leave
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The Police Officers Union and Malta Police Association have released separate statements addressing the fact that police officers who contract COVID-19 have to take sick leave instead of quarantine leave.

In Facebook posts published on Friday, the Union stated that they have written to the Prime Minister and minister and that it is an injustice that certain government workers are granted quarantine leave and police officers have to use up their sick leave.

Il-Police officers union għal darb'oħra reġgħet bagħtet email lil Prim ministru u lil Ministru Bryan Camilleri, fejn fi…

Posted by Police Officers Union on Friday, 15 January 2021

https://www.facebook.com/MaltaPoliceAssociation/posts/3717169604985545

In the POU statement’s final few words, the union states that police officers also meet people on a daily basis and that they are front-liners too, asking “are we second-class workers?”

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