My employer doesn't acknowledge my hospital sheet

1POSTS

7 years ago

Hello Friends,

It's about my father. He had a brain stroke and spend 2 weeks in the hospital and now he is in a rehab center.
After the hospital I went with him to his GP and she gave us 3 copies of a pink document which is the hospital sheet (sick days) for my father, because he can barely talk and has trouble moving. You know, after a stroke people are like this.

But today when he received his paycheck note and he called me and told me that the hospital sheet is not included. Maybe the employer doesn't want to pay for his sick days.

Now he will not have any income, and he deserves at least 70% of his salary as I remember reading somewhere.

What can we do friends? Please advise.

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TominStuttgart Germany Expert

2807POSTS

7 years ago

So, you were given 3 copies of the document showing that your father is sick and unable to work having been hospitalized and now in rehabilitation. Did you send a copy to the employer? If not you need to send them a copy! Otherwise they have no documentation. Maybe it is good to either take a copy there yourself or send one by registered mail (Einschriebung).

But there are laws concerning disability, they cannot just decide not to pay. I am setting 2 links about such things since I am no expert. From, my understanding an employer needs to pay the normal salary for up to a maximum of 6 weeks. This is known as Entgeltfortzahlung. An exception is if they are a civil servant, soldier or judge, then it continues longer.

Then after the 6 weeks, it is the health insurance and not the employer that pays between 70% of the after tax pay and 90% of the before tax pay. This is known as Krankengeld. One can get this for up to 78 weeks in a 3 year period. But there are many details I cannot go into here, best to look at the links provided

https://www.arbeitsrechte.de/entgeltfortzahlung/https://www.arbeitsrechte.de/krankengeld/

beppi Germany/Singapore Expert

15644POSTS

7 years ago

You (or rather your father) are required to send the medical certificate, saying that he is unfit for work from XXX til YYY, latest on the third day of being sick (if the employment contract doesn‘t specify a perion shorter than 3 days, which is possible) to the employer.
If you didn‘t, they do not need to continue paying his salary. Submit is now, as soon as possible, and they have to pay again from the day you submit until the certificate expires. If he is sick longer, make sure you submit a new one before expiry!