Compromise with Union: Bas challenges sick leave from first day
The planned requirement to report sick from the first day is a compromise and is based on a wish of the Union. Minister of Labour and SPD leader Bas doubts the sense of the regulation.
German Labour Minister Bärbel Bas has questioned the plans of the coalition government to introduce mandatory sick leave from the first day of illness. Bas expressed concerns that the proposal, which includes 95 exceptions, may not be effective. The mandatory sick leave is tied to a guarantee of timely doctor's appointments and stroke prevention measures.
Bas noted that her party, the SPD, had agreed to the proposal in exchange for avoiding a waiting period and cuts to wage continuation, despite believing it to be ill-conceived.
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