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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.

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[โ€“] 11 points 1 month ago (1 child)

It is days taken, always. There is no illness days limit per year as is common in the USA. In Europe, if you're ill, you're ill, for as many days as you are ill.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Though at some point you'll get put on some plan of the government and stop being a "burden" to the employer. At least, that's in my country - I don't think that this is necessarily aligned across the EU, let alone Europe.

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