Corona: Do I have to work during my quarantine?

Created: 01/18/2022, 10:46 am

By: Andrea Stettner

Will I be on sick leave if the health department orders home quarantine?

Or does home office beckon?

We show in which cases you have to work.

“You have to be in quarantine!” Anyone who receives this call from the health department after contact with a person infected with Covid 19 is initially at a loss.

Will I be on sick leave now or do I have to work from home?

Or will my employer release me?

An overview of what applies under labor law in the Corona crisis*.

Quarantine: In this case, the doctor writes you off sick

Whether you have to work in quarantine or not depends first of all on whether you are showing

.

According to the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV), if you feel signs of corona disease such as cough, fever or a slight sore throat, the doctor can give you sick leave.

A

.

With the issued certificate of incapacity for work (AU), you then report sick to the employer.

In this case, of course, you do not have to work in quarantine, just like with other illnesses.

You can read more about the topic here:

Do I have to work in quarantine - or am I sick then?

Many employees ask themselves this question.

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Working in quarantine: In this case you have to work

However, if you do not show any symptoms of infection with SARS-CoV-2 in quarantine at home, you must work

.

The same applies if you are in quarantine at another location and can work remotely from there (e.g. on a business trip).

But be careful: If you don't work even though you could work in quarantine, you're treading on thin ice.

Because under labor law, this is equivalent to a

to work .

Employees are then threatened with a warning or even dismissal.

Also read:

These workers are exempt from work duties in quarantine

Anyone who has

machines, for example, is usually released

in the case of quarantine . The affected employees will continue to receive their salary, because the continued payment of wages is secured through compensation under the Infection Protection Act. It is sufficient to submit the official notification ordering the quarantine to the employer.

But even in this case there are exceptions: According to his right to issue instructions, the employer may also assign tasks to the employee that he can complete within the quarantine.

You should therefore definitely discuss the situation with your manager and under no circumstances just stay at home if you have to be in quarantine.

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Further sources: Law firm Gleiss Lutz, Juris.de

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