Who pays for sick days in Corona?
Everyone, except the state
Only yesterday did the finance minister boast of helping the self-employed, but instead of making new statements, it is better to resolve the following paradox: payment for isolation days can be obtained from the state, but once an isolator becomes verified, the days become sick days, and employers and employees pay.
The cost: more than NIS 4 billion
Between Ashkenazi
21/02/2022
Monday, 21 February 2022, 09:14 Updated: 09:30
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The Small Business Association intends to petition the High Court for reimbursement of sick days for workers who were absent from work due to Corona virus infection
. For
employers.
Is it fair to require small business owners to pay for the sick days of workers who became infected in Corona and went into isolation because they were recognized as verified blues? If you ask Dikla Abutbul, chairman of the Small Business Association, the answer is unequivocally no.
Abutbul explains: "Over 5 million sick days were paid by the employers in January alone, this is a cost of more than NIS 4 billion. Despite the complex reality, those employers have not yet received a refund for the many days of isolation paid since August."
The reason for not receiving reimbursement is that currently every employee who goes into isolation due to exposure to a verified patient, the workplace is supposed to get a reimbursement from Social Security but an employee who is recognized as verified has no reimbursement due to his isolation days. So the cost falls on both the employer and the employee.
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Cost of twice the wages of workers
Abutbul claims that this is an absurd situation that hurts small businesses: "This is a frontal attack on business owners on the one hand, business owners experienced a significant decrease in turnover and there is no outline to address their plight. On the other hand, there is no closure and everything remains open. "Half verified - over two million patients in January, not including non-sick isolates. Every employer is required to recruit alternative workers. The result is absurd and irrational - twice the cost of wages."
As mentioned, the Small Business Association intends to petition the High Court after sending a warning letter on the matter to the prime minister and finance minister, saying Abutbul Finance is not willing to discuss the issue of paying sick days to verified corona patients who were disabled and could not work.
"Why employers are the only ones to pay the price, Abutbul wonders." In this case, the employees themselves also pay the price for offsetting sick days, the law recognizing employee sick days does not include the possibility of a global epidemic.
And what happens to an employee who does not have sick days?
He is simply abandoned to his fate. "Abutbul concludes.
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