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Apply for compensation under the Infection Protection Act for loss of earnings
Service Description
If you have to seclude yourself or are no longer allowed to work due to an order from the health department and have lost earnings as a result, you can receive compensation.
If you have another job or work from home (home office), you are not entitled to compensation.
The amount of compensation depends on your earnings.
For male and female employees the following applies:
- For the first 6 weeks, you will receive compensation for lost earnings directly from your employer in the amount of your previous net pay. Short-time allowance is also taken into account.
- From the 7th week onwards, the competent authority will pay compensation amounting to 67 percent of the loss of earnings, up to a maximum of EUR 2,016 for a full month.
- Allowances from your employer will be deducted in the calculation.
- If you are entitled to unemployment benefits during the activity ban, you will receive these from the Employment Agency.
The following applies to employers:
- You must pay the compensation to your employees. You can have the amounts paid reimbursed by the competent authority.
- Contributions to pension, nursing care and health insurance can also be reimbursed to you.
- You can apply for an advance from the competent authority.
For self-employed persons:
- You will receive the reimbursement directly from the competent authority.
- Your last annual profit is taken into account for the calculation. This is divided by 12.
- You can have contributions to pension, nursing care and health insurance reimbursed.
- You will receive the compensation monthly in arrears on the 1st of the following month. For example, you would receive compensation for March on April 1.
- You may apply for an advance.
For home-based workers and homeworkers:
- Unlike self-employed workers, your average monthly income is used in the calculation.
Who should I contact?
Thuringian State Administration Office
Department V - Economy and Health
Department 500
Jorge Semprún Square 4
99423 Weimar
Requirements
- You are entitled to reimbursement of your loss of earnings if
- you are subject to a ban on activities
- or you have to seclude yourself
- and you have a loss of earnings
- You do not have the possibility to compensate the loss of earnings by another reasonable activity.
Which documents are required?
For employees:
- Application: this is made by your employer on your behalf
- Proof of the amount of remuneration
- Proof of taxes and social security contributions to be deducted
- Proof of allowances paid or not paid
- Sick certificates in case of sick leave
- Notice of prohibition of work and its cancellation
- Extract from the collective agreement on continued payment of wages in case of inability to work
In case of self-employed persons:
- Application
- Certificate of the tax office about the amount of the last annual income or the economic evaluation of your tax office
- Sick certificates in case of sick leave
- Notification of the ban on activity and its lifting
What are the fees?
There are no costs involved.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
Application Deadline: 24 MonthsYou must submit the application for reimbursement of loss of earnings in the case of a ban on activity no later than 24 months after the ban on activity begins. In the case of segregation, you must submit the application within 24 months of the end of the segregation.
Legal basis
What else should I know?
There are no clues or specifics.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Federal Ministry of Health (BMG)
Professionally released on
07.09.2023
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
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