When they are on sick leave, many employees do not know how to behave properly.
Many rumors persist.
You can read which ones here.
There are many rumors about sick leave and sick leave * with the employer.
Many employees only know from hearsay what to do in the event of illness.
There are some mistakes that you should forget about quickly before you get into trouble.
Misconception 1: I don't have to present an AU to the boss until the third day
According to the law, employees must report illness to their employer immediately in the event of illness, at the latest by the start of working hours on the first day of illness.
After the third day of illness, the employer must then be presented with a certificate of incapacity for work issued by the doctor.
But this rule does not always apply: "
The employer can also request submission on the first day of illness
- regardless of whether there is a suspicion of a faked illness," writes Dr.
Alexander Birkhahn, specialist lawyer for labor law, in the manager magazine
impulse.de
.
So if your boss asks for a sick note on the first or second day, you have to drag yourself to the doctor for better or worse.
More on the topic:
When does the AU have to be with the employer?
Misconception 2: If I'm on sick leave, I'm not allowed to leave my house
Employees do not have to look after the house when they are on sick leave.
Of course, you can also do your shopping in the supermarket or go to the pharmacy to get medicines.
Even leisure activities such
as going to the
cinema or
going to
a restaurant are possible
as long as they don't delay healing.
"If that is not the case, the employee can do what he wants during the incapacity for work," says Birkhahn.
What is definitely not possible: Working for another employer while you are on sick leave.
By the way
: You can do all of this despite being on sick leave.
Misconception 3: Employees who are on sick leave are not allowed to return to work earlier
Those who are still on sick leave but recover earlier can also return to their workplace.
And that without a "health record" from the doctor, as some still claim - there is no such thing.
But there is more: the
employee even has to go back to work
if he gets better early - even if the sick leave is still in effect.
"The certificate of incapacity for work only indicates the
probable duration of the incapacity for work
- if it actually ends earlier, the true circumstances apply," said the specialist lawyer.
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.
More on the subject:
Yellow AU certificate: New from October 2021 - what you need to consider when you are on sick leave.
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