Illness and accident during holiday If an employee falls ill on holiday in this country, in a country within the EEA, in Switzerland, United States or Canada, so seriously that he cannot use the holiday, he shall on the first day notify the employer of this situation, e.g. with a telegram, email or in another verifiable manner unless prevented to do so by a force majeure and in this event, he should do so as soon as the obstacle is no longer in place. If the employee meets the obligation to notify and if the illness lasts for more than 3 days and if he informs the employer within this period of notice about which doctor is treating him or will issue a doctor’s certificate, he has a right to additional holiday for an equal length of time as the illness verifiably lasted. In the above circumstances the employee shall always prove his/her illness with a doctor’s certificate. The employer has the right to have a doctor visit an employee who has become ill on holiday. Additional holiday days shall, as far as possible, be provided on dates requested by the employee, during the period 2 May-15 September except in special circumstances. The same rules as above apply to accidents on holiday.
