Apply for sick pay: These are the requirements

Unable to work for a longer period of time

How to apply for sick pay – step by step

Anyone who is unable to work for more than six weeks generally does not receive any money more from the employer. Instead, the health insurance company steps in.

Self-employed people, such as artists, have no legal right to sick pay. However, you can protect yourself by submitting a declaration of choice to your statutory health insurance company. You will then receive sick pay from the 43rd day of your sick leave. To do this, you have to take out a corresponding optional tariff and therefore pay a higher contribution.

You will receive sick pay as soon as your health insurance company has checked the certificate and the employer has informed the health insurance company how much you earn after the end of the six weeks of continued payment of wages.