Germany's sick days are climbing, but the number may be an accounting artifact (dw.com)
From January, a fever alone won't earn a remote sick note in Germany; workers must see a doctor in person on the first day off.
The headline reads as a lazy-workforce story. The thread's sharpest correction: much of the 'rise' is just better counting, after a 2022 switch to electronic sick notes that finally logged short illnesses.
A Swedish reader recalls his country's own day-one fix, and what it actually changed.
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