▲ 213 ▼ Germany Tightens Sick Leave Rules: Medical Doctor Note Required From Day One, Telephone Sick Leave Ended (video.twimg.com) submitted 4 weeks ago by Beep@feddit.online to c/europe@feddit.org 126 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://feddit.online/c/euro@feddit.online/p/1817064/germany-tightens-sick-leave-rules-medical-doctor-note-required-from-day-one-telephone-s Germany's Chancellor Merz: We can no longer accept the extraordinarily high levels of sick leave in our companies. We are abolishing sick leave by telephone and introducing the requirement to submit a medical certificate from the very first day of illness. We know this is a tough decision. But we can no longer afford this competitive disadvantage caused by prolonged absences from work.
[–] Quantillion@mstdn.io 23 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) @avidamoeba @Beep And yet their overall hourly productivity is higher than a lot of countries with longer hours & less vacation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 20 points 4 weeks ago Plus Germans have a total of 1.6 billion hours of overtime a year, half of which goes illegally unpaid. But sure, sick days are the real problem in our society… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 20 points 4 weeks ago Plus Germans have a total of 1.6 billion hours of overtime a year, half of which goes illegally unpaid. But sure, sick days are the real problem in our society… permalink fedilink source parent