Letter of termination as an employee for health reasons

What you need:

• employment contract
• Collective agreement
• medical certificate

Resignation for health reasons - what employees should be aware of

• Before you, as an employee, draw up a letter of resignation, you should meet with us in advance Clarify with the employer whether he is willing to give notice for health reasons to pronounce.
• Before you give notice, ask the employment agency for an appointment. After the interview, the responsible clerk can give you a form that your doctor will fill out in consultation with you.
• If you resign yourself, the employment agency usually imposes a blocking period during which you will not receive any unemployment benefits. However, if you can prove an important reason, you are entitled to state support from the first day you register as unemployed.
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• The employment office accepts as an important reason if the physical capacity is not available and the work is no longer reasonable.
• The employee must prove that continued employment is unreasonable. A detailed medical certificate, which should ideally be attached to the application for unemployment benefit, serves as proof.


Termination on medical advice - what you should be aware of

Depending on the extent to which an employee is still in a position to ...

• It may also be advisable to ask a specialist doctor who specializes in your health problem for a written certificate.
• Obtain attestation as detailed as possible about why and which work you are no longer allowed to do because of your health problems.
• The notice period according to the employment or collective bargaining agreement must also be adhered to in the event of self-resignation for health reasons.
• A sick leave until the termination date releases the employee from continuing to appear for work until the end of the employment relationship.
• Parallel to the termination, it is possible and useful to submit the application for unemployment benefit to the employment agency.
• In the case of severe health impairments, it is advisable to also submit an application to determine the severity of the disability.

Employees who plan to quit work for health reasons should ask the works council or a lawyer for assistance termination correctly and any claims (e.g. B. to clarify on company pensions, special payments).

That should be in your resignation letter

1. Your full name, including your address, should be on the first line.
2. The place of issue relates to your place of residence and not to your place of work.
3. The date must appear underneath - even if it should be a Sunday.
4. The full company address of the employer, including street and town, must be entered in the address field.
5. Also note the associated recipient within the company (e.g. B. HR department).
6. In the subject line you should note: “Termination of my employment from (date of issue according to employment contract) for health reasons "as well as the personnel number.
7. In the salutation, mention the correct recipient by name (e.g. B. "Dear Mr. Schulz").
8. As a text, it is advisable to refer directly to the health problems in the letter of termination, such as B. "I hereby resign o. G. Employment relationship in due time (end date according to the notice period) on the advice of my doctor and in coordination with the works council. I regret that for health reasons I will no longer be able to maintain my employment relationship. Since I will continuously be unable to work until the end of the notice period, I would ask you to reimburse my remaining xx days of annual leave and give me a qualified one certificate of employment to be completed. "
9. The greeting "Kind regards" and the handwritten signature conclude the letter.

Send the letter of termination by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt to your employer or hand it in personally to the HR department in return for an acknowledgment of receipt.