Ill for more than 6 weeks
Have you ever been sick for more than 6 weeks? It doesn't always have to be a serious medical condition that keeps you out of work. Perhaps it is a leg in plaster that is making it difficult to do your job. But what happens after six weeks?
What you need:
- Health insurance
What incapacity for work means
If you are unable to work, your doctor will put you on sick leave. Some also say AU certificate, in Switzerland it is called a doctor's certificate.
- Either a dentist or a doctor will have to put you on sick leave. You will then receive a "yellow" certificate, the AU certificate. If you are ill for more than 6 weeks, you no longer need a yellow certificate.
- There are now some employers who would like to have the AU certificate on the first day of illness. As a rule, however, this must be available to the boss by the fourth day at the latest.
- There are situations in which you can roughly say how long you have been sick or that it will probably take more than 6 weeks. You don't have to tell the employer why you are sick, but in fairness you should let them know when you are sick so that they can adjust to it.
- You will only get the yellow certificate if you are insured with a statutory health insurance company; as a private patient, a certificate is sufficient.
- The first page of the yellow slip is given to your health insurance company and the second page is for your employer. No diagnosis code is noted there. The last page remains with your doctor.
A certificate of incapacity for work is the certificate from your doctor that ...
You will receive what is known as the yellow certificate for up to six weeks, as long as you continue to pay.
What to do if you are ill for more than 6 weeks
- If you are on sick leave for more than 6 weeks, you will receive a payment slip from your statutory health insurance company. Everything is noted there that is important for the health insurance company (including the diagnosis code and duration of the Sick leave). The doctor also notes, if possible, how long you may still be on sick leave. The private insurance has your own forms. There you usually have to have an extra tariff for sick pay.
- There is one thing you should definitely keep in mind: If you are on sick leave for more than 6 weeks and you receive the payout slip from your health insurance company, it must be complete. If this is not the case, it will Sick pay immediately discontinued. There will probably be no health insurance company that will not do this.
- Example: You are on sick leave up to a Sunday. Then you have to see a doctor on Friday to have the secondary illness certified. If the payment slip is only available on Monday, you can assume that the sick pay will be discontinued. The weekends also count.
If you ever have problems with your Health insurance contact a lawyer specializing in social law or the Association the war victims (VdK) or to the Sozialverband Deutschland (SOVD).
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