The right way to deal with illness in the employment relationship

Caution when hiring new employees

• Permissible questions to applicants about health.
• Sense and purpose of the involvement of the company doctor.

The legal framework when employees fall ill: rights and obligations on both sides

• Possibilities of using employees despite a certificate of incapacity for work - even in the case of long-term sick leave.
• Permissible and impermissible questions to sick employees regarding the exercise of the company's duty of care.
• The profiling method.
• The BEM meeting, preparation and implementation, summary of important agreements.
• The BEM meeting is not an initial meeting.

Continued payment of remuneration in the event of illness

• Proof of AU on the first day.
• Employer's right to refuse benefits in the event of late notification and verification obligations or frequent initial illnesses.
• Entitlement to medical certificates beyond the 6-week period.

Termination due to illness (change of contract) in the event of

• Long-term sickness.
• Frequent short-term illnesses.
• Partially incapacitated for work.
• Question mark cases.

Health-related prevention obligations of the employer

Case law of the Federal Labor Court and discussion of various sample letters for the employer