Employees in Germany took more days of sick leave in the first half of 2022 than ever before, according to new figures from Techniker Krankenkasse (TK).
The first half of 2022 saw a marked rise in the duration of sick leave, according to a leading medical insurance company. But most of the illnesses were not COVID-19.
At the beginning of the corona crisis, the sick leave of employees had not skyrocketed - to the astonishment of many observers. Now, in the first half of 2022, things suddenly look different.
According to a response to an official request for information from the German Techniker Krankenkasse insurer, the number of billed cases of vaccine-related adverse effects needing medical treatment skyrocketed in 2021 compared with 2019 and.