Coronavirus patients and contact cases can now benefit from daily allowances and the employer supplement without a waiting day, thanks to a special Covid-19 immediate work stoppage.
Since January 10, 2021, people with symptoms of the coronavirus or who are in contact not able to telework, have the possibility of benefiting from an immediate work stoppage of a maximum of 4 days, compensated without a waiting day. This system, in place until March 31, 2021, aims to "gain in efficiency" facing the Covid-19, according to Jean Castex. A sentence pronounced during his speech on Thursday, January 7. Employees will therefore be able to register directly on the Health Insurance website (declare.ameli.fr or declare.msa.fr) to obtain this work stoppage. "immediate". The Prime Minister stressed to Agence France-Presse, relayed by LCI, that people with symptoms or contact "would have the obligation, to extend his immediate work stoppage, to take a test". And the Health Insurance will follow up “Systematic, with two to three phone calls over seven days”.
A "covid sick leave", for whom and how?
Employees of the public, but also of the private sector, can use this work stoppage. "Policyholders from all health insurance schemes (employees, self-employed workers, unemployed people, farmers, etc.) are affected by this system", explains ameli.fr. Once the supporting document has been downloaded and given to the employer, an antigen test or PCR done within 48 hours will be mandatory. Then, return to the declaration site to indicate the date and place of the screening. A negative test stops the work stoppage. If it is positive, the sick leave is prolonged "to guarantee 7 days of isolation from the first symptoms." The patient "will be called as part of the contact tracing managed by Health Insurance."
For what compensation?
“The employee receives a daily allowance paid by Medicare, up to 50% of the gross salary, and an additional allowance paid by the employer, of 90% of the gross salary, from the first day of 'stop. The replacement rate reaches 99% of net salary ”, commented the Ministry of Health to franceinfo on January 8, 2021. It is emphasized that compensation will almost always be in full "from the onset of symptoms and the first day of quitting, until their test result is obtained".