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.

    • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      5 days 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…