Lazy German Workers Take Endless Sick Days – But Now the Government Wants To Toughen Up Legislation and Tackle Absenteeism
For Merz to try to reinvigorate the German economy, these rules have to change Not to mention the four-day week! While Germany was once Europe’s powerhouse economy and a nation with a real work ethic, those days are long gone. Nowadays, German workers take an average of 15 paid ‘sick days’ off work per year. Now, Berlin wants to tighten-up the country’s illness-leave rules —