Corona positive: Under what conditions do employees receive continued salary payments?
Created: 02/14/2022, 15:55
By: Andrea Stettner
Not every employee receives continued wages in quarantine (icon image).
© Daniel Karmann/dpa
Anyone who falls ill with the corona virus usually also receives continued wages.
But does this also apply to unvaccinated people?
During the global pandemic with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, many people fell ill with Covid-19.
In Germany, employees who are ill receive continued wages* under certain conditions in order to prevent financial losses due to their illness.
Does this apply to all Corona-positive employees - or only to those vaccinated with a booster vaccination?
Continued payment of wages in the case of Corona: when is there compensation?
If
an employee's corona test
is positive and they show
symptoms
of corona disease such as cough, runny nose or fever, the doctor can give them sick leave.
Even with a positive corona test without symptoms, an employee can receive a certificate of incapacity for work if they have to leave their home for their work.
The National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV) points this out.
In both cases, employees receive the regular continued payment of
wages from their employer in the event of illness
- regardless of their vaccination status.
As long as there is no general obligation to vaccinate in Germany, "even an employee who has not been vaccinated voluntarily will continue to receive his salary as part of the statutory continued payment of wages in the event of illness," explains Katja Giese, a specialist lawyer for labor law, in an interview with the
Süddeutsche Zeitung
.
Also read:
My child has Corona – can I still go to work?
Unvaccinated people in quarantine are not entitled to continued wages
However, anyone who is not ill with Corona, but only has to be
in quarantine ordered by
the authorities, has
no right to continued payment of wages as an unvaccinated person
.
This has been regulated nationwide since November 1, 2021.
This does not apply to employees who cannot be vaccinated for health reasons.
In Bavaria, even a booster vaccination is required for the compensation payment*.
In quarantine, for example, currently have to
close contact persons
of corona-positive or
Travelers returning
from high-risk areas or virus variant areas.
Anyone
who is able to work from home in quarantine
will of course receive their regular salary.
You can read here when employees are obliged to work in quarantine.
(as) *Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
.
