German workers will have to report to a doctor in person to get a sick note on the first day they are ill, under strict proposals from Friedrich Merz.
German workers will have to report to a doctor in person to get a sick note on the first day they are ill, under strict proposals from Friedrich Merz.
So these are unenacted proposals? Bad form by Telegraph to use past tense in the title.
This was signed into law yesterday and will be enforced starting January 1st.
There’s a small chance it will enrage the medical practitioner community, Germany has a history of repealing some rather insane attempts at forcing neoliberalism. For example, 15 years ago there was a “practitioner fee” of 10 Eurinos for every doctor visit (“this will curb down on wasteful doctors visits!”) - got canned after a couple of years. Or, also 15 years ago they introduced college fees and had to abandon it after a couple of years as well. Might do the same here.