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.
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.