Corona: Do I get sick leave if I have to be in quarantine?
Created: 02/16/2022Updated: 02/16/2022 09:22
By: Andrea Stettner
Sick leave in Corona times: Do employees get a certificate of incapacity for work (AU) for the quarantine?
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During the Corona crisis, many employees have to go into the officially ordered quarantine.
But are employees given sick leave for this?
And do they have to forego salary?
When people complain of symptoms of illness that indicate infection with the coronavirus, also known as SARS-CoV-2, those affected are usually advised to stay at home.
The health department
often even orders a quarantine
, for example if you have had contact with a laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patient.
But will I then be given sick leave by the doctor with a certificate of incapacity for work (AU)* if I have to go into quarantine?
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In fact, it depends on whether or not the person is ill and complaining of symptoms such as a runny nose, fever or a mild sore throat.
According to the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV)
, the doctor may issue a certificate of incapacity for work in the event of symptoms
.
The employee can then use this to report sick to their employer.
However, if the employee is
symptom-free
and the corona test is negative
, the doctor may not issue an AU certificate
.
"In this case, the continued payment of wages by the employer is secured through compensation under the Infection Protection Act.
The patient submits the official notification of the order for quarantine to the employer,” writes the KBV.
You can find out here
whether
employees
have to work in quarantine or not.
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In this case you have to be careful
If, on the
other hand, the corona test is positive
, you must be isolated immediately.
You will receive an AU and thus the regular continued payment of wages in the event of illness.
The same applies if a previously
symptom-free employee falls ill during the quarantine
: From this point onwards, there is an inability to work due to illness - and a certificate from the doctor is required.
What is the salary during quarantine?
In quarantine, workers receive
compensation equal to their net salary
from their employer.
The costs for this are reimbursed to the employer by the responsible health authority in accordance with the law on the prevention and control of infectious diseases.
And that
's during the first six weeks of quarantine
.
After that, employees receive a payment that depends on the amount of sickness benefit entitlement.
By the way, the pension, health, nursing care and unemployment insurance obligation remains in place, the contributions (both employer and employee share) are paid by the respective federal state according to the KBV.
Sick leave due to a cold possible by telephone until the end of March 2022
You don't have to be in quarantine, but you have symptoms of a cold?
Then you can also have
your doctor
write you off sick
by telephone
until March 31, 2022 .
The Federal Joint Committee on Health Care (G-BA) has further extended the corresponding special regulation in view of the high number of COVID-19 infections.
You can find out what applies to sick leave by telephone here.
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