{"id":121888,"date":"2026-07-03T19:19:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/121888\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T19:19:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T19:19:54","slug":"sick-leave-will-require-a-medical-note-from-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/121888\/","title":{"rendered":"Sick Leave Will Require a Medical Note from Day One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2376\" height=\"1584\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imago860635052.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden wp-image-183126\"  \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2376\" height=\"1584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/imago860635052.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-183126\"  \/>Photo Credit: IMAGO \/ dts Nachrichtenagentur<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced that workers in Germany would be required to present a sick note on the first day of their illness. \u201cWe want to get Germany back on track,\u201d Mr Merz told reporters. The new rule is set to become a legal requirement. Currently, a medical note is required on the fourth day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement came in an attempt to bolster Europe\u2019s largest economy. The coalition government announced a comprehensive package of reforms, including tax relief for low-income families and changes to the pension system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While economists have welcomed the move, the National Association of Health Insurance (KBV) chairman, Andreas Gassen, felt that, \u201cAnyone with a cough or a gastrointestinal infection belongs in bed \u2013 not in a packed doctor\u2019s office.\u201d Employers have had mixed reactions; some have praised the reforms while others have labelled them unfair and unworkable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo Credit: IMAGO \/ dts Nachrichtenagentur On Thursday, Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced that workers in Germany would be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,16113,235,190,38,1158],"class_list":["post-121888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-berlin","tag-cdu","tag-friedrich-merz","tag-germany","tag-news","tag-politics"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116857669444618076","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}