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Germany bans workers from calling in sick (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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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.

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[–] 14 points 2 months ago (1 child)

So these are unenacted proposals? Bad form by Telegraph to use past tense in the title.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago

    So these are unenacted proposals?

    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.

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