Talowski makes it clear: – “Dismissal while on sick leave must not be the solution”

Doesn’t the ÖGK cover these costs?
First of all, the company must continue to pay the salary. Anyone who has been employed in a company for around 12 years and is suddenly unable to work due to illness is entitled to 8 weeks of full pay, 100% of which is paid by the employer, and a further 4 weeks of half pay, also paid by the employer. Only then does the ÖGK step in with the second half of the salary. And what is particularly serious: at the start of the new working year, in the event of illness, a new full entitlement to continued payment of wages from the employer arises; this also applies if the new working year begins during an ongoing period of incapacity to work. This cut-off date must be abolished. The ÖGK then covers the running costs, which means that the employer does not start from scratch again and does not have to pay full pay for another 8 weeks and half pay for another 4 weeks.