You can receive compensation if you have suffered a loss of earnings as a result of quarantine/isolation or a ban on work. The activity ban or the obligation to quarantine/isolate must have been ordered by the public health department or another competent authority or result from a legal ordinance, e.g. Corona Ordinance on protective measures replacing isolation.
Since 1 March 2023, there are no longer any compensable measures ordered by ordinance of the state government or the Ministry of Social Affairs in Baden-Württemberg. For periods from 1 March 2023 onwards, compensation can therefore only be applied for if the competent authority has personally ordered you to isolate or prohibit you from working and the other requirements of Section 56 IfSG are met.
Note: It is of course still possible to submit applications for periods up to 1 March 2023. As before, an application deadline of two years applies here.
Payment and application to the competent authority is made by the employer in the case of employees. Self-employed persons can submit their application directly to the competent authority.
Amount of compensation:
- 1. up to the 6th week: amount of the loss of earnings
- from the 7th week: 67% of the loss of earnings incurred
For employers:
Upon application, the competent authority will reimburse the compensation paid to your employees:
- in the case of activity bans: Loss of earnings and pension contributions;
- in the case of separated persons: loss of earnings, pension contributions and contributions to statutory health insurance, social long-term care insurance and unemployment insurance.
For self-employed persons:
The competent body will reimburse you on application:
- Loss of earnings and social security expenses to an appropriate extent for the relevant period.