Apply for compensation under the Infektionsschutzgesetz (Infection Protection Act) for loss of earnings

• Prohibition from working (Tätigkeitsverbot) or quarantine There is an order. There is a legal provision or general decree (Allgemeinverfügung). • Loss of earnings (Verdienstausfall) • The quarantine or the prohibition from working must be the sole cause of the loss of earnings. For employees, the basis for calculating the loss of earnings is the net wage; for self-employed persons, it is one twelfth of the last annual profit. The profit is calculated according to tax regulations. • The period of loss of earnings is not always the entire period of the measure. Certain periods reduce the entitlement: periods of temporary incapacity, periods of illness, periods of training, periods of leave, maternity protection periods • Vaccination (Schutzimpfung) There is no entitlement to compensation if you, or the employee, did not get vaccinated and the prohibition from working or the quarantine could have been avoided by vaccination. The current recommendations of the Senatsverwaltung (Senate Department) responsible for health and of the Ständige Impfkommission (Standing Committee on Vaccination) must be observed with regard to vaccinations. • Travel There is no entitlement to compensation if you, or the employee, made an avoidable trip to a risk area and the prohibition from working or the quarantine could have been avoided without this trip. Here too, vaccinations recommended for the purpose of a trip must be observed. • Deadline (Frist) The application for reimbursement or compensation must be submitted within two years. The deadline begins with the respective prohibition from working or the end of the respective quarantine.

• Application for compensation under the Infektionsschutzgesetz (Infection Protection Act) for loss of earnings You can submit the application online or informally by e-mail to [email protected] • Prepare the documents in JPG, JPEG, PNG or PDF format. You can also upload photos of the documents using a QR-code-capable smartphone. All files together must not exceed 5 MB. • Notice (Bescheid) from a Gesundheitsamt (public health office) of a Berlin district Work bans or quarantines are ordered by a Berlin Gesundheitsamt (public health office). The notice must be submitted in full. It must contain the address, the reasoning and information on legal remedies (Rechtsbehelfsbelehrung). If the ordered work ban or quarantine has since been lifted, these notices must also be submitted. • Communication or certificate from a Berlin Gesundheitsamt (public health office) If a general order (Allgemeinverfügung) applies, the complete communication from the Gesundheitsamt is important for establishing the start date. If a notice (Bescheid) exists, this must also be submitted. • Travel data If the work ban or quarantine was ordered due to travel, the travel data will be checked. Necessary documents may include: • Boarding pass or ticket • Disembarkation card • Toll and fuel receipts • The complete travel itinerary with entry and exit dates • Proof of loss of earnings caused by the measure Employers must prove the payments by means of payslips. Self-employed persons must submit a certificate from the Finanzamt (tax office) (most recent tax assessment notice). • Contribution and insurance evidence If you are applying for reimbursement of social security contributions, you must provide evidence of the payments. Self-employed persons must state the scope of their insurance cover. For employers, the payments must be evident from the payslips. • Contracts If the employment contract or collective bargaining agreement (Tarifvertrag) states that the employee waives certain payments, this contract must be submitted. Self-employed persons must submit contracts for insurance against loss of earnings. • Kurzarbeitergeld (short-time work allowance) If the employee received Kurzarbeitergeld (short-time work allowance), the employer must submit a calculation of this. Any resulting claim for reimbursement passes to the Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Agency).

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• Infektionsschutzgesetz (IfSG) (Infection Protection Act) §§ 56 et seq. www.gesetze-im-internet.de/ifsg/__56.html