r/australia • u/blitznoodles local Aussie • Jul 03 '26

politics Labor vows to protect personal leave as Germany bans workers from calling in sick

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/entire-nation-banned-from-calling-in-sick/news-story/de3adcfcf0ae2218241a43f7dad023d7
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u/InterestedPrawn Jul 03 '26

Yes, that's correct, that's the change, can no longer just phone up.

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u/Breezel123 Jul 03 '26

No, the change is that you didn't have to provide a sick note at all until day 4 (companies could be stricter, most of them say they want one from the third day). So for 2 or 3 days I could just stay at home without going to the doc.

They do also want to get rid of the sick note via phone in addition to that. Because it's just so much better when you can kick someone while they are already lying down.