Labour market: CDU employee wing against more difficult sick leaves
06.07.2026 - 11:04 am Source: listen to dpa article The CDU employee wing criticizes the plans for stricter sickness reports.
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In addition, the mandatory presentation of a medical certificate of incapacity for work from the first day of illness is to be introduced as a legal rule - instead of on the fourth day as before. It is already possible that doctors backdate the onset of an incapacity for work – but “only exceptionally and only after careful examination and usually only up to three days”, as a guideline states.
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In addition, the mandatory presentation of a medical certificate of incapacity for work from the first day of illness is to be introduced as a legal rule - instead of on the fourth day as before.
according to HandelsblattIt is already possible that doctors backdate the onset of an incapacity for work – but “only exceptionally and only after careful examination and usually only up to three days”, as a guideline states.
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