A decree published on February 1 in the official journal introduced new provisions specific to employees who are quarantined. It targets in particular people who have stayed in risk areas but whose contamination is not certain.
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This text introduces derogating provisions for " the granting of sickness cash benefits delivered by health insurance schemes " in order to widen as far as possible the opening of rights for quarantined persons. The objective is that these people do not suffer from excessive financial losses. The first article of the decree more specifically states that “in order to limit the spread of the 2019-n-Cov epidemic, insured persons who will be subject to isolation, eviction or home-support measures and find themselves unable to work may benefit, as a work stoppage, from daily allowances ”.
For example, people who would not normally be eligible for coverage due to insufficient contributions will still be covered in the event of quarantine. Likewise, the insured will receive indemnities from the first day of stopping, without a day of deficiency being necessary. As a reminder, the waiting day is a period during which the worker is neither paid by his employer, nor compensated by his social security scheme. Depending on the scheme, this deficiency period varies from one to three days, even if many companies take care of these losses out of solidarity with their employees.
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Finally, be aware that to benefit from this very specific sick leave, it must be issued by the doctor of the regional health agency, and not by your attending physician.