Sick leave by phone possible again from Monday - under these conditions

Due to the increasing number of corona infections, sick leave due to cold symptoms will be possible again from October 19.

• In the coronavirus crisis *, patients with mild respiratory diseases can again take sick leave by telephone.

• The special regulation applies nationwide from next Monday, October 19, 2020.

• A survey showed how many employees * had already used the offer in March.

Telephone sick leave is possible again from Monday, October 19

Update from October 16, 2020

: Sick leave by phone

be possible again

.

The Federal Joint Committee in Health Care (G-BA) decided on Thursday in view of the rising COVID-19 infection numbers and the upcoming cold and flu season.

The special regulation for the Corona crisis applies throughout Germany, initially limited

.

Patients who suffer from mild respiratory diseases can call themselves

sick

for

.

A one-time extension of the sick leave should be possible by phone for a further seven calendar days, according to the press release.

“Regardless of the exception

for telephone sick leave, insured

should

contact the practice by telephone before visiting the doctor and discuss the next steps

, after contact with COVID-19 patients and if symptoms of infections of the upper respiratory tract are unclear "Advises the G-BA.

Sick leave by phone no longer possible since May 2020

Update from June 2, 2020

: It 

is no longer possible to take

from now on.

The special arrangement expired on May 31.

In other words: If you

need to be on

, you have to go to the doctor again from now on.

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Telephone sick leave is only possible until the end of May

Update from May 19, 2020

:

is

possible

.

According to a decision of the "Federal Joint Committee of Doctors, Clinics and Health Insurance Companies",

, as reported by BR Online.

The end of the special regulation due to the corona crisis is in line with the current assessment of the risk situation, said the chairman of the committee, Hecken accordingly.

The German Association of General Practitioners, however, had asked for the special regulation to be extended at least until the end of June.

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Telephone sick leave extended until May 18th

Article of April 29, 2020

:

.

The exception regulation due to the Corona crisis *, that this is also possible after consulting the doctor by telephone, has been extended again, as the Federal Joint Committee of Doctors, Clinics and Health Insurance Companies announced.

Otherwise it would have expired on May 4th.

For a limited time now,

.

This can also be

by phone

.

The regulation is intended to reduce the risk of infection in medical practices.

Read here

:

Survey: So many workers took sick leave by phone

News from May 5, 2020

: A

showed that four out of ten sick employees have been on sick leave by telephone since the beginning of March.

According to the attending doctor, 43 percent of them were suspected of being infected with the coronavirus.

This is shown by a current Forsa survey on behalf of DAK-Gesundheit of more than 2,000 employees.

The survey also shows that the vast majority of those questioned would have gone to a doctor's practice if it had not been possible to take sick leave by telephone.

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According to the survey, 19 percent of employees between 18 and 65 years of age have

reported to their employer that they are unable to work

since March 9 - that is, after the introduction of the

, as the health

insurance

fund continues.

There were therefore no major differences between men and women or individual age groups in terms of sick leave.

39 percent of the employees who presented the so-called

used the telephone sick leave.

88 percent of the sick would have visited the doctor's practice if the new regulation had not existed, the message continues.

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:

Requirement: Extend telephone sick leave until June

According to DAK board member Andreas Strom, it makes sense to keep the telephone sick leave until the end of June.

The data had shown that employees deal responsibly with the new regulation and that the risk of infection in the practices is reduced as a result.

"We are thus supporting the demands of the General Practitioners' Association and the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians to extend sick leave by telephone."

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Most important rule: keep your distance

The official rules continue to provide for 

restrictions and the avoidance of social contacts.

A distance of at least 1.5 meters from other people should be kept and meetings outside the living space are only possible with at most one other person at the same time - with one exception: families and shared apartments are excluded from this rule.

However, you should take special safety measures * for sick and old family members.

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