Last update: 2026-04-20
How you deal with time where you are sick depends whether it was plannable, or not.
If you are a parent and your kids/child are sick and you cannot work due to that, it’s sickness, too. You can book up to 3 days and afterwards, you have to find another solution (e.g. EO Betreuungsurlaub), see also here.
Examples: Any unplanned sickness (headaches, fever, cold, etc.)
—> Book sickness time on #2949.
If you work part-time and you have fixed days on which you work (e.g. Monday, Tuesday and Friday), this concept applies if you are sick on one of those days (i. e. Monday, Tuesday and Friday). If you work part-time every day (e.g. 50% on all work days) the concept applies but instead of a whole day, you would book only what you would have worked otherwise (i.e. 50%). If you work part-time irregularly (e.g. irregular pensum on irregular days), you do whatever you think is fair to do. See also our values.
Leaving the context of booking time, but still somehow relevant:
Examples: Plannable visits at doctors, dentists, health checks, etc.
—> Plannable doctor’s visits are your free time.
However, the time afterwards for recovery is unplannable.
Example: A plannable dentist’s operation is your freetime. The (unplannable) time afterwards where you cannot work (due to pain) can be booked as sickness.
As per your contract, you need a certification after the second day of your sickness (see also general conditions of your working contract, here is the current version 3.1).