{
  "id": 17238087,
  "title": "Judgment: With a certificate: Being off work due to illness instead of vacation leads to termination",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/urteil-mit-attest-krankschreibung-statt-urlaub-fuhrt-zu-kundigung",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-30T14:42:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/urteil-mit-attest-krankschreibung-statt-urlaub-fuehrt-zu-kuendigung/100266221.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "A German court has ruled that an employee who fakes illness to take a vacation can face immediate termination. The case involved an employee who booked a flight despite his vacation request being denied, then presented a doctor's note saying he was unable to work. The employer fired him due to doubts about his illness, and the court upheld the decision, citing the employee's contradictory statements and the doctor's admission that she had not examined him. The employee had claimed to have back pain, but his account was deemed unconvincing.",
  "summary": "The vacation is rejected, the flight already booked: An employee remains absent from work due to illness. Why even a medical certificate does not protect him from termination.",
  "key_points": [
    "Court rules pretending illness with doctor's attestation leads to immediate termination.",
    "Employee booked vacation flight, employer denied time off.",
    "Employee sued for protection against dismissal, but case weakened by flight booking and denial."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}