In order to reduce the double burden of working parents, the number of childhood illness days is now to be increased significantly as part of the Corona emergency brake.
With the planned adoption of the so-called federal emergency brake, a further increase in the number of childhood illness days * is to be decided.
Many families suffered from the
double burden of home office and homeschooling
, wrote SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich in a letter to the members of the SPD parliamentary group.
"In order to make things a little easier here, we are extending the legal entitlement to child sickness allowance." The letter has been submitted to the German Press Agency.
The federal cabinet had initiated the move a week ago.
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Children's sick days: entitlement increases to 30 days per parent and child
The entitlement to child sickness benefit increases again from 20 days
per parent and child to 30 days
. For single parents, the entitlement will be increased from 40 to 60 days. Due to corona-related restrictions at daycare centers and schools, the number of sick days per parent had doubled from 10 to 20 at the beginning of the year, and from 20 to 40 days for single parents.
Parents can use the days when they have to take time off
from work
for the children
because they are not being looked after in daycare or school due to the pandemic.
The paid child sickness benefit amounts to 90 percent of net earnings.
By the way, employees are now obliged to work from home.
Read more about this here.
(dpa / as)
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.
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