Herr doktor must see you now. Germany is cracking down on sick days, and will now require workers to provide a doctor’s note ...

Laying out his package of 34 new measures, the Chancellor slipped out that when German workers want paid sick leave, they ...

A doctors' group says it "borders on madness" that patients will have to obtain the note in person.

German workers will now need to get a doctor's certificate in person on the first day of their illness in a major change to ...

Workers in Germany will now have to provide a doctor’s certificate from the first day of illness under new reforms aimed at tightening the country’s sick ...

Government officials have admitted that they have no idea why most people are being signed off work by GPs.

Germans will have to get a sick note from a doctor for the very first day they call off sick from work under strict proposals ...

In a bid to tackle absenteeism and improve productivity, Germany is considering tougher workplace rules on sick leave. Workers may need immediate medical proof to justify taking time off.

German workers will have to report to a doctor in person to get a sick note on the first day they are ill, under strict ...

WORKERS in Germany will no longer be allowed to pull “sickies” – and will have to get a doctor’s note even for a single day ...

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Cubans are struggling with daily access to electricity, water, food, medicine and adequate healthcare amid a deepening ...