Country-Aware Sick Pay, Out of the Box.
Sick leave is more complicated than a balance counter. Most countries treat consecutive illness within a defined window as a single 'spell' — and entitlement grows with tenure, has a tier structure, and intersects with statutory sick pay differently in each jurisdiction. Federal defaults ship pre-configured for all seven supported countries: Swiss EFZG, German Entgeltfortzahlungsgesetz, Austrian AngG/UrlG, French statutory plus convention collective minimums, Italian D.Lgs. 66/2003, UK Statutory Sick Pay, US FMLA plus state programs. When a worker submits a leave request marked as illness, the system links it to an active spell or starts a new one, applies the country's entitlement curve, and writes paid versus unpaid days into the ledger. Reports show what's left of the entitlement window, per person, per spell.
Seven Countries. Seven Sick-Pay Regimes.
Federal defaults. Editable per policy when your collective agreement says otherwise.
EFZG §3 / OR Art. 324a.
Tenure-based entitlement, spell-tracked. Cantonal scales (Berner, Basler, Zürcher) all supported.
EFZG / BGB §616.
Six weeks at full pay; subsequent illness within twelve months counts toward the same window unless cause differs.
AngG / UrlG.
Tenure-tiered continued payment, then half-pay for an additional period. Applies per service year.
Code du travail + CCN.
Statutory minimum supplemented by the relevant convention collective. Waiting days configurable per agreement.
D.Lgs. 66/2003.
Per-spell limits with carbozza tracking. Industry contratto collettivo can extend duration.
Statutory Sick Pay.
Qualifying days, four-day rule, weekly rate. Employer enhancements layered on top of statutory floor.
FMLA + state variants.
Federal twelve-week unpaid leave plus state programs (CA, NY, NJ, MA paid family leave). Configurable per state of operation.
Defaults Are Defaults. Check Your Collective Agreement.
Country defaults reflect federal labor law. Your industry's collective agreement (Gesamtarbeitsvertrag in CH/AT, Tarifvertrag in DE, convention collective in FR, contratto collettivo in IT) may set different — usually more generous — terms. Every policy value is editable; enter the agreement-specific numbers once and they apply from then on. If you're unsure what applies, ask your accountant or your industry association.