Significant work stoppage change: This will change for you from 2023

Our editors advise you: Make sure the sick leave is confirmed in writing by the doctor’s office. Ideally, put the AU certificate in your records. Written expression still fulfills an important function in the event that the employer doubts the incapacity for work, explains the lawyer Alexander Bredereck. With the printout, an employee proves that he was actually unable to work. “This is the only way for the employee to guarantee his right to continued payment of wages and to avoid a warning or dismissal for inactivity.”

In addition, not all physicians can transmit electronic sickness notification initially. Ideally, clarify with the practice that will forward the sick notice to the employer.

In many cases, the practices refer to the health insurance fund and then the following applies to you: As a precaution, send the certificate of incapacity for work directly to the boss. This saves time and hassle.

Under the current statute, private patients are still exempt from the rule. The electronic unemployment certificate is initially valid for any legally insured person. If private doctors, rehabilitation clinics, physiotherapists and psychotherapists dismiss you for illness, you must continue to report the incapacity for work in writing and electronically to the boss. If you fall ill while on vacation, you should always go to the post office. Even foreign doctors or clinics have not yet been able to send an electronic certificate of incapacity for work to the employer.