00:00Germany turns the screw on sick leave. Let's see how rules compare across Europe.
00:09Chancellor Mertz has said schluss. As part of a new plan aimed at reviving the economy,
00:14Germans will no longer be allowed to call in sick without sending a medical certificate
00:19from day one of their illness. On the upside, employers pay a worker's full salary for up
00:26to six weeks. Other European countries handle things differently. In the UK, it's almost the
00:31exact opposite. Employees there only need to provide a sick note if they're off for more than
00:37seven days in a row. But all that glitters is not gold, as the UK's minimum statutory pay is only
00:45£123 a week, although some employers may top it up. In France, the deadline to provide a sick note
00:51is 48 hours. Statutory sick leave pay covers 50% of a worker's salary, capped at a specific limit.
00:59Spain has one of the most generous deals, at least in the short term. No pay for the first three
01:05days,
01:06then 60% for a month, which goes up to 75% after the 20th day off. And in Poland,
01:13sick leave is 80%
01:14from day one or 100% if the illness or injury was work-related. Warsaw, however, is cracking down
01:22on those abusing the system by introducing a new mandatory medical check after the first 14 days of leave.
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