Wages in cases of illness and accidents after one year The arrangement of wage payments to employees who are absent from work due to illness or accidents when they have worked for the same employer for one year or more shall be as follows: After 1 year’s work for the same employer: 2 months for every 12 months After 5 years’ work for the same employer: 4 months for every 12 months After 10 years’ work for the same employer: 6 months for every 12 months Explanation Illness rights are based on paid illness days during a 12-month wage period. When an employee becomes unable to work, account is first taken of the number of illness days that have been paid during the preceding 12 wage months, and this number deducted from accrued illness rights. In the event that an employee was not paid a wage during some of that period, such period is not included in the calculations. However, employees who have earned the right to 4- or 6-months’ wages during sick leave with their previous employer and who change workplace shall be entitled to receive wages for not less than 2 months during each 12-month period. [Protocol from the year 2000 on inability to work due to illness: The parties agree that, in addition to cases of illness and accidents, the sickness rights under this agreement are to be active if the employee needs to undergo urgent and necessary medical treatment in order to reduce or eradicate consequences of illness that would foreseeably result in the employee being unable to work. The above definition does not imply a change in the concept of illness in labour law as it has been interpreted by the courts. The parties agree, however, that any treatment that the employee needs to undergo in order to alleviate the consequences of accidents at work should also result in the activation of sickness rights under this agreement. ]
Wages in cases of illness and accidents after one year The arrangement of wage payments to employees who are absent from work due to illness or accidents when they have worked for the same employer for one year or more shall be as follows: After 1 year’s work for the same employer: 2 months for every 12 months After 5 years’ work for the same employer: 4 months for every 12 months After 10 years’ work for the same employer: 6 months for every 12 months Explanation Illness rights are based on paid illness days during a 12-month wage period. When an employee becomes unable to work, account is first taken of the number of illness days that have been paid during the preceding 12 wage months and this number deducted from accrued illness rights. In the event that an employee was not paid a wage during some of that period, such period is not included in the calculations. However, employees who have earned the right to 4- or 6-months’ wages during sick leave with their previous employer and who change workplace shall be entitled to receive wages for not less than 2 months during each 12-month period. – See Protocol 2000 on inability to work due to illness, page 66.
