Notification of sickness during short-time work: What you need to consider

Anyone who falls ill on short-time work is faced with many questions: How does the sick report work?

Will I still receive short-time work benefits?

What employees need to know.

During the Corona crisis,

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This not only reduces their working hours, but also their wages, which also plays a role in the event of illness.

What do employees have to consider if they fall ill during short-time work?

An overview:

Notification of sickness during short-time work: how does it work?

As with any other notification of sickness, the following also applies during short-time work: employees who fall ill must report sickness

"Even if you do not work at all during the short-time work phase, you must report to the employer that you are unable to work", informs the DGB legal protection on its website. 

The certificate of incapacity for work (AU) must then be submitted to the employer by the third working day at the latest.

During the corona pandemic, sick leave for cold symptoms can also be made by telephone until December 31, 2020 (as of October 2020).

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Will I still receive short-time work benefits while I'm on sick leave?

During the first six weeks of sick leave, the employer continues to pay wages -

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There is no financial disadvantage for employees if they fall ill on short-time work.

If the doctor has been on sick leave for more than six weeks, the health insurance will

from the following day

"The sick pay is calculated from the full wage that you received before the start of short-time work," reports the Daimler BKK.

What if I was on sick leave before the introduction of short-time work?

The matter is different for employees whose company introduces short-time working only during the incapacity for work.

In this case, employees are not entitled to short-time work

, but

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“The employer must calculate the sick pay and pay it out with the employee's pay slip.

Your health insurance will reimburse the employer for the disbursed sickness benefit on request, ”writes the DGB Legal Protection.

This applies as long as employees are entitled to continued payment due to illness.

After that, the sick pay will be paid out directly by the health insurance company.

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