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.
In Germany, the number of workdays lost to sickness has slightly decreased recently, according to data from the Techniker Krankenkasse. However, on average, German employees missed around 18.6 days of work between January and November 2025, compared to just 13 days in the entire year of 2021. The true extent of employees "feigning illness" remains unknown, but there are signs suggesting otherwise.
According to a survey by the opinion research institute Yougov last year, more than a quarter of respondents had falsified their sick leave at least once. A current study by the insurance company Pronova BKK found that 60% of employees have claimed to be sick when they were actually fit to work, with seven percent doing so frequently.
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