If there is a nightly curfew at your place of residence, you are only allowed to leave the apartment for a valid reason.
It can get tricky for workers who work at night.
Whether as part of a nationwide emergency brake * or as a corona measure in the federal states: Nocturnal curfews are considered a tried and tested means in politics to reduce the number of infections with the Sars-CoV2 coronavirus.
If the incidence rises above a certain limit, it usually applies automatically.
Residents are then
only
allowed to
leave the house for compelling reasons
.
Does the way to work or to the customer count?
We show what employees and the self-employed should pay attention to.
Curfew and exit restrictions - what's the difference?
In the event of a
curfew
, the apartment can usually only be left for a
valid reason
.
In Germany, this precautionary measure was previously only available at night, usually from 9 or 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following day.
However, the term curfew is not clearly defined.
In the regulations of the federal states, a distinction is not always made between curfew and exit restrictions.
With the curfew, however, there are always
stricter exceptions
to be allowed to leave the apartment than with an exit restriction.
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Can I still drive to work if there is a curfew?
Although the home office is now part of everyday life for many employees, millions of people in Germany still have to go to work every day - even at night.
If you have to go to work during the curfew, you don't need to worry: the
way to work is a valid reason
to be able to leave the apartment.
Here, however, the respective wording of the state regulations (see below) must be observed.
In Bavaria, for example, “exercising professional or official activities or training purposes that cannot be postponed” is permitted during the curfew.
Do I need a certificate from my employer if the police are checking me?
In order to get to work in the event of a curfew, an
employer confirmation with a company stamp and signature
is not required, but is strongly recommended by labor lawyers in order to avoid trouble with the police.
"In the case of police checks, such a certificate should be sufficient for the employee to make credible that he is on the way to or from work and thus has a
valid reason for leaving the apartment
," explained lawyer Philipp Byers from the law firm Watson Farley & Williams in Munich in an earlier interview with the Handelsblatt.
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Corona: Do I get a sick leave if I have to be in quarantine?
The corona regulations of the federal states at a glance:
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Bavaria
Berlin
Brandenburg
Bremen
Hamburg
Hesse
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Lower Saxony
North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhineland-Palatinate
Saarland
Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringia
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