Message #77944

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In Germany you get your normal pay for 6 weeks from your company, then you get about 70% of your normal pay from your health insurance if you are in the public health insurance system.
Normally you have to bring a medical certficate of illness after two or three days.
And you should not be fired just because you are sick. However, if you do it too often, your employer may send you to a District Medical Officer's office.
I myself tend to come in when I don't suffer from a real serious illness or have to recover from an operation.