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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€“] 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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