Entschädigung nach dem Infektionsschutzgesetz bei Verdienstausfall beantragen

Are you no longer allowed to work due to infection control and have lost earnings as a result? Find out here how you can be reimbursed for lost earnings.

If you have been quarantined or banned from working due to an order from the health department, you are entitled to compensation for your loss of earnings.

If you have an alternative job or work from home (home office), you are not entitled to compensation.

Compensation depends on your earnings.

For employees/workers the following applies:

For the first 6 weeks, you will receive compensation directly from your employer in the amount of your previous net pay. Short-time allowance is also taken into account.

From the 7th week on, the compensation will be paid by the state administration office in the amount of the sick pay.

Allowances from your employer will be deducted from the calculation.

If you are entitled to unemployment benefit during the period of inactivity, you will receive this from the Employment Agency.

The following applies to employers:

You must pay the compensation to your employees. You can have the amounts paid reimbursed by the state administration office.

Contributions to pension, nursing care and health insurance can also be reimbursed to you.

You can also apply for an advance from the State Administration Office.

The following applies to self-employed persons:

You will receive the reimbursement directly from the State Administration Office.

Your last annual profit is taken into account for the calculation. This is divided by 12.

Contributions to pension, nursing care and health insurance can be reimbursed.

You will receive the compensation monthly in arrears on the 1st of the month. For example, you would receive compensation for March on April 1.

You may also apply for an advance.

For home-based workers/ homeworkers:

Unlike self-employed workers, your average monthly income is used in the calculation.

On the website of theState Office for Health and Social Affairs M-V you can find all relevant information on the subject of compensation under the Infection Protection Act (IfSG).
In addition, an online portal from a cooperation of 10 federal states is available for information and application of compensation benefits according to the IfSG is available.

For employees:

• Application (your employer will make this application for you)
• Proof of the amount of remuneration
• Proof of taxes and social security contributions to be deducted
• Proof of subsidies paid or not paid
• Sick certificates in case of sick leave
• Notice of prohibition of work and its cancellation
• Extract from collective agreement on continued payment of wages in the event of inability to work

For self-employed persons:

• Application
• Certificate of the tax office about the amount of the last annual income (or economic evaluation / BWA of the tax adviser)
• Sick certificates in case of sick leave
• Notification of the ban on activities and its lifting

You are entitled to reimbursement of your loss of earnings if

• you are subject to a ban on activities
• or are in quarantine
• and you have a loss of earnings
• and you are not unable to work.

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The compensation procedure is carried out by the competent authority. Employers and self-employed persons submit applications; employees can only submit applications in exceptional cases.

The payment is instructed by the competent authority and is made directly to the account specified by the applicant. Applicants will receive a notification of this.

You must submit the application for reimbursement of loss of earnings in the case of a ban on activities within 3 months of the start of the ban on activities.

In the case of a quarantine, you must submit the claim within 3 months after the end of the quarantine.

Anyone who is no longer allowed to work due to measures under the IfSG and therefore has a loss of earnings can apply for compensation. For employees, this is paid by the employer for up to 6 weeks. After the 6 weeks, the authority pays this in the amount of sick pay. Self-employed persons receive the reimbursement directly from the authority.