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Continued Pay

Continued wages during illness, for up to six weeks.

If you are ill and unable to work, the employer continues to pay your salary for up to six weeks (continued pay). After that, the health insurance fund's sick pay takes over. It requires reporting your illness in time.

The relevant statutes

§ 3 EFZG

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