Krankmeldung: Wie sich Arbeitgeber gegen Blaumacher wehren können
Aus dem Handelsblatt-Archiv: Ein Mitarbeiter meldet sich immer an Brückentagen und montags krank? Diese rechtlichen Möglichkeiten haben Firmen bei Verdacht auf Blaumachen.
The employment crisis in Germany has recently shown a slight decline, but worker absenteeism remains high, with employees missing an average of 18.6 days of work between January and November 2025. In 2021, German workers only missed about 13 days due to illness. The question remains: how many of these absences are genuine and how many are simply "blues" - people claiming to be ill without actually being so?
A survey by the opinion research institute Yougov last year found that over a quarter of respondents had falsified their sick leave at least once. A recent study by the health insurance company Pronova BKK found that 60% of employees have taken sick leave when they were actually fit to work, with 7% doing so frequently. If an employee misses work repeatedly despite being able to perform their duties, their employer has legal rights to address the issue. Two labor law specialists explain what legal options employers have against chronic "sick leavers."
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