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If you have to seclude yourself or are no longer allowed to work due to an order from the health department and have lost earnings as a result, you can receive compensation.

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

The amount of compensation depends on your earnings.

For male and female employees the following applies:

• For the first 6 weeks, you will receive compensation for lost earnings directly from your employer in the amount of your previous net pay. Short-time allowance is also taken into account.
• From the 7th week onwards, the competent authority will pay compensation amounting to 67 percent of the loss of earnings, up to a maximum of EUR 2,016 for a full month.
• Allowances from your employer will be deducted in the calculation.
• If you are entitled to unemployment benefits during the activity ban, you will receive these 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 competent authority.
• Contributions to pension, nursing care and health insurance can also be reimbursed to you.
• You can apply for an advance from the competent authority.

For self-employed persons:

• You will receive the reimbursement directly from the competent authority.
• Your last annual profit is taken into account for the calculation. This is divided by 12.
• You can have contributions to pension, nursing care and health insurance reimbursed.
• You will receive the compensation monthly in arrears on the 1st of the following month. For example, you would receive compensation for March on April 1.
• You may apply for an advance.

For home-based workers and homeworkers:

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

• You are entitled to reimbursement of your loss of earnings if
  • you are subject to a ban on activities
  • or you have to seclude yourself
  • and you have a loss of earnings
• You do not have the possibility to compensate the loss of earnings by another reasonable activity.

For employees:

• Application: this is made by your employer on your behalf
• Proof of the amount of remuneration
• Proof of taxes and social security contributions to be deducted
• Proof of allowances paid or not paid
• Sick certificates in case of sick leave
• Notice of prohibition of work and its cancellation
• Extract from the collective agreement on continued payment of wages in case of inability to work

In case of self-employed persons:

• Application
• Certificate of the tax office about the amount of the last annual income or the economic evaluation of your tax office
• Sick certificates in case of sick leave
• Notification of the ban on activity and its lifting

There are no costs involved.

State Office for Social Affairs and Supply of the State of Brandenburg

Potsdam

State Office for Social Affairs and Supply
Potsdam location
Zeppelinstraße 48
14471 Potsdam

Service telephone: +49 331 8683 888

Frankfurt (Oder)

State Office for Social Affairs and Care
Frankfurt (Oder) location
Robert-Havemann-Str. 4
15236 Frankfurt (Oder)

• § Section 56 (1) of the Infection Protection Act (IfSG)

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Title: Information on compensation under the Infection Protection Act on the IfSG info portal.

URL: https://ifsg-online.de/index.html

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