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> 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 y

> 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.

testvox 7y ago
What is full payment if you are paid hourly?
- skrause 7y ago
  You get paid as if you had worked the full amount of hours in your employment contract. Zero-hour contracts are illegal in Germany.
  - testvox 7y ago
    So yeah you lose out on pay if you were planning on working overtime.
majewsky 7y ago
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.)