Accident at work: continued payment of wages after 6 weeks

6 weeks of continued payment of wages after the accident at work - you should know that

The most important thing to keep in mind in the event of an accident at work is the fact that you need to see a transit doctor after your accident at work. This then determines the further course of treatment. In the event of an accident at work, as with any other illness, the employer will continue to pay wages for 6 weeks.

• The amount of the continued payment of wages during these 6 weeks corresponds, even after an accident at work, to the wage that would be paid in the same time if the illness had not occurred. According to the law, it is 70% of the regular gross wage, but a maximum of 90% of the net wage.
• The employer's continued payment of wages in the first 6 weeks after the accident at work is based on the same legal provisions as the "normal" continued payment of wages in the event of illness. Continued payment of wages is regulated in the Continued Remuneration Act and applies equally to all employees.
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• After the 6 weeks of continued wage payment by your employer, you will receive a "normal" Illness from your responsible health insurance company automatically your sick pay slip sent. The doctor must fill this in and send it back and you will then receive your sick pay.
• The procedure is similar after an accident at work. However, you do not receive sick pay, but injury allowance. This will also be paid out to you by your health insurance company. The injury benefit is higher than the "normal" sickness benefit, but is never higher than your net wage.


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This is how the payment of your injury benefit works after an accident at work

After an accident at work, your employer will pay you what is known as injury benefit instead of sickness benefit after the 6 weeks have elapsed.

• Your health insurance company will send you a payment slip for this purpose. You have to have it completed and signed by the attending physician and sent back to the health insurance company.
• The health insurance always transfers the injury benefit retrospectively after an accident at work. The first payment period runs from the first day after the 6 weeks of continued payment of wages until the last day your attending physician confirmed on your payment slip. If the treatment continues, you will be sent the payment slip again and your doctor will have to fill it out again, sign it and you will send it back to the health insurance company. This then pays you your injury allowance for the now confirmed period.
• Especially after an accident at work, you are dependent on regular and punctual payments even after the 6 weeks of continued wage payments. Since post and processing times can easily lead to delays in payment processes, you should always keep a copy of your payment slip to yourself. If you do not have your payment slip for the next treatment, take this copy with you to the next treatment and have it completed by the doctor. In this way, you can send the completed copy to the health insurance company instead of the original payment slip, thereby considerably reducing processing times. However, at the end of the treatment, all confirmed times should be on the original payment slip.

It is important to note that you do not have a free choice of doctor after an accident at work.