Social contacts are part of the job for society reporters. For the ORF, this is only possible with those who have been vaccinated and recovered.
Wien. Compulsory vaccination at work, 3 G in the office or 2 G for field staff? The subject of even stricter measures in the world of work is hotly debated in the country. A tightening is expected in any case, Labor Minister Martin Kocher is for a 3-G obligation in the office.
Now the case of a well-known TV journalist is causing a stir. Sabine Spögler, a reporter for TV Seitenblicke for 25 years, posted on Saturday that she is no longer allowed to do her job – because she is not vaccinated. On Facebook she writes: “I am shocked by the direction in which we are moving here when healthy people are no longer allowed to work.”
Tightened. The reason: The ORF, as the client of the film company Interspot, which produces Seitenblicke, stipulates that only those who have been vaccinated or recovered are allowed to shoot, explains Spögler. The background to this is also the tightening of the 2-G in Vienna.
Consequence: The reporter is practically “house arrested” in the editorial office as long as the pandemic situation has not eased. “I’m no longer allowed to go out to shoot. Not even if I’m tested every day; not even when I wear a mask. But I can still edit (film material, note), or I can create retrospectives, for example, ”says the journalist.
No duty? ORF’s opinion on its own employees: “There is no mandatory vaccination at ORF. For data protection reasons, we are not allowed to officially inquire about the vaccination status and also not communicate it. “
The fact is: In everyday working life it looks different, since unvaccinated people are no longer allowed in at events or press conferences in Vienna.