Professors, who are sick and cannot come to work, are obliged to inform their institute by phone. In case the incapacity to work caused by sickness or an accident takes longer than seven calendar days, a medical certificate indicating the start and the presumable duration of the incapacity to work must be submitted to the institute on the eighth day at the latest. If the incapacity to work takes longer than the period indicated in the medical certificate, the institute must be informed again by phone and another medical certificate must be submitted.

Below, you will find more information on:

• Financial Assistance (Beihilfe)
• Sick Pay
• Health Insurance

Financial assistance is a separate sickness insurance scheme for civil servants and subject to the acts on financial assistance of the Federal Republic of Germany and the state. According to legislation, civil servants are entitled to financial assistance , as long as they are paid salaries or pensions. Professors with a civil servant status have to take out a supplementary health insurance policy for the costs not covered by the financial assistance.

More information and details (in German) are available on the website of the Landesamt für Besoldung und Versorgung Baden-Württemberg (LBV) under "Themen", "Beihilfe". Click here for the contact data of the persons and for the forms to request financial assistance.

In the case of sickness, professors with a civil servant status continue to receive their salaries.

In case non-tariff professors are not able to work due to sickness without their fault, salary payment will be continued for up to six weeks. After this period, they will receive a fixed-term sickness allowance for the period, during which they are paid sickness benefit or the corresponding statutory benefits.

Health insurance is part of Germany´s social security scheme and covers the risk of sickness and its consequences. It is mandatory for employees who can take out either a statutory or a private health insurance policy. Health insurance is subject to Social Security Code V and the Versicherungsvertragsgesetz (insurance act).