Inner Mongolia Stomatological Hospital dismissed more than 40 nurses with many years of work experience on the grounds of contract expiration, which sparked heated discussions on the Internet, netizens sympathized with the dismissed nurses, but the hospital insisted that it was legal and compliant, but 22 of the nurses filed labor arbitration.
Is it the cold-blooded ruthlessness of the hospital, or is it the nurses who are messing around, or is it the labor dispatch company involved? or is there something else hidden in it? Let's break it down.
The cause of the incident: the hospital claimed that the contract expired and the nurse claimed that she had not purchased social security and filed a labor arbitration
The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Stomatological Hospital (Hohhot Stomatological Hospital) urgently released a statement through its official media after the dismissal incident was exposed:
This explanation is long, which roughly means that the 40 nurses who were dismissed signed a labor dispatch contract with Inner Mongolia Lido Property Service Co., Ltd., a labor dispatch company, to provide labor dispatch services for the hospital, and the nurses' salaries and benefits were also paid by Lido Property. Originally, the contract had expired, but based on work needs, the hospital signed two short-term labor contracts with these nurses, regardless of the labor dispatch company, and the contract expired as of December 31, 2023, so they were dismissed.
Then among the dismissed nurses, 22 nurses applied for labor arbitration, the main appeal was unreasonable and unfair, the hospital did not purchase social security during the labor period, and filed a compensation claim, and the hospital claimed to cooperate with the labor dispatch company to deal with the arbitration.
The focus of the dispute: Should the labor dispatch company purchase social insurance, and whether the hospital's "labor contract" is a labor contract?
According to the requirements of public information, the registered capital of the company carrying out labor dispatch business must be more than 2 million, have a fixed workplace, and the business scope covers labor services, and have a "labor dispatch business license" issued by the state. According to the above requirements, the author inquired about the relevant qualifications of Lido Property Services Co., Ltd. and saw that it met the above requirements, that is, the property company has the qualifications to carry out business in compliance.
However, we call on nurses to pay attention to whether the relevant provisions of the labor dispatch contract signed with the property management company comply with the provisions of the Labor Law and the Labor Contract Law, and generally follow the principle of "equal pay for equal work", and it is more necessary to purchase corresponding social insurance for dispatched nurses in accordance with the regulations.
At the same time, the hospital claims that it has signed a "labor contract" with the nurses, which is different from the labor contract, but the nurses should pay attention to the fact that in the name of the "labor contract", they are doing "labor contract" things, such as "long-term and stable work arrangements, accepting the management and command of the unit, etc.", which may belong to the labor relationship, and they need to purchase social security for the nurses.
Of course, the above analysis ultimately depends on the actual responsibility of the labor arbitration institution.
Facts of the incident: The hospital has newly recruited 58 nurses, requiring a bachelor's degree
After just firing more than 40 nurses, Inner Mongolia Stomatological Hospital has re-issued a recruitment notice to recruit 58 nurses. Why is it that one side is dismissed, and the other side is re-hired?
According to the information learned from the media reporter, the hospital is also very sorry for the more than 40 nurses who were dismissed, after all, they have worked in the hospital for several years, accumulated a lot of work experience, and are very familiar with the medical process and the hospital situation. As for why they should be re-recruited, or why the dismissed nurses cannot be turned into regular and contract workers, it is mainly based on the requirements of the higher authorities, and nurses in tertiary hospitals are required to have a bachelor's degree or above.
None of the dismissed nurses have this academic qualification. In other words, the reason for the final dismissal was that the nurses did not have enough academic qualifications. Regarding this, it has also sparked heated discussions among netizens:
Indeed, for a blue-collar position like a nurse, it is indeed not advisable to have academic qualifications, and practical practice should be greater than the requirements of academic qualifications. For example, in practical work, nurses are required to have higher work experience in the face of different patients, such as infant care and elderly care, and there is a clear difference.
Why do you want to ask for a bachelor's degree? We don't understand it, and we hope that the relevant departments will give more consideration to the actual situation and make proper requests.
In 2020, 40 anti-epidemic medical staff in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province were laid off, and the dean was dismissed
Do you still remember that in 2020, Shaanxi Xianyang Maternal and Child Health Hospital issued a layoff notice, based on the results of "talent optimization", in fact, it organized an exam, and without announcing the results, it blatantly stopped renewing the labor contract with the original 40 medical staff, was dismissed, and asked the dismissed personnel to sign a letter of commitment and "no longer claim any rights with the hospital".
After the incident was exposed, there was an uproar, and at that time it was still in a critical period of anti-epidemic work, and the anti-epidemic medical staff were laid off because of the results of "talent optimization"!
Thinking about the event: the state promotes vocational education, which is to advocate "ability is greater than academic qualifications"
Nurses are a group of people with special professions, in the impression of the people, they are also angels in white, they are the busiest in the hospital every day, flying around as diligently as bees, a good nurse can minimize the pain of the patient's injection, dressing change and other processes, and can better comfort the patient's mood, which not only requires certain theoretical knowledge, but also needs the accumulation of many years of clinical experience.
At the same time, the development of society also needs a variety of talents to build, so the state vigorously advocates vocational education, that is, to advocate "ability is greater than academic qualifications", to train more technicians to meet the different employment needs of enterprises and institutions, and most of the vocational education we see are college degrees, or even secondary school degrees, so may I ask, if our public units are still only academic qualifications, then how to cooperate with the state to promote vocational education?
Of course, learning is endless, no matter the talent in the industry, the more knowledge reserves, the more can promote the progress and development of the industry, our professionals at all levels, must continue to learn and further education, in order to better meet the ever-changing requirements of various industries.
However, as it stands, and in practical terms, we believe that:
For professions like nurses –
Ability is greater than academic qualifications, and experience is also greater than academic qualifications.
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