Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom

Re:Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom by skrause on Monday February 24, 2020 @08:49AM (#22403904)

> Being sick means being unpaid, and many people cannot afford to go unpaid.

In Germany being sick means full payment by the employer for 6 weeks, after that you'll receive around 90% of your last net income by your healh insurance company for 72 weeks, after that slightly lower unemployment payments for another 12 month. So around 2.5 years of being sick are required until you're actually unpaid.

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Re:Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom by majewsky on Monday February 24, 2020 @10:17AM (#22404683)

That's only for salaried employees. As a freelancer, you're generally out of luck AFAIK. (Unless you are a member of the Künstlersozialkasse or similar.)

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Re:Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom by testvox on Monday February 24, 2020 @09:55AM (#22404437)

What is full payment if you are paid hourly?

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Re:Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom by skrause on Monday February 24, 2020 @11:18AM (#22405375)

You get paid as if you had worked the full amount of hours in your employment contract.

Zero-hour contracts are illegal in Germany.

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Re:Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom by testvox on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @07:54PM (#22419268)

So yeah you lose out on pay if you were planning on working overtime.

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