Flagship course
German Sick Leave Essentials
A practical path through employment consultations in Germany: sick leave and medical certificate rules, written for people who advise managers rather than litigate cases.
Learning outcomes
- Explain day-one notification expectations in plain language.
- Identify when an AU certificate is typically required and what fields to verify.
- Outline Entgeltfortzahlung windows at a briefing level for managers.
- Draft follow-up messages that avoid demanding diagnoses.
- Recognize when a works council or counsel should join the conversation.
Modules
About six guided hours, plus optional clinic hours through Clinic Circle.
1. First call: notification and documentation habits
Who the employee should contact, what timestamps matter, and how to log absences without over-collecting health data.
2. Medical certificates in practice
Electronic AU realities, staggered certificates, and checking dates without second-guessing clinical judgment.
3. Continued pay orientation for advisors
A briefing-level map of six-week patterns, transitions to insurance benefits, and phrases that keep payroll aligned.
4. Manager scripts that stay in bounds
Return-to-work conversations, workload redistribution, and polite refusals when managers push for medical detail.
5. Grey zones and escalation
Repeated short absences, travel during certified leave, and when Cloudschemaflow training ends and legal advice begins.
Instructor
Lena Vogt — employment consultation educator based in Germany. Lena spent a decade briefing HR partners on absence workflows before designing the Cloudschemaflow curriculum.
She facilitates clinics with a focus on language that survives works council review.
Informational pricing
Individual access starts at the Briefing Seat tier. See pricing for Clinic Circle and team briefs. No payments are processed on this website.
Learner notes
I used Module 2’s certificate checklist the same week—caught a date mismatch our HR inbox had ignored twice.
Useful overall, though the payroll module assumes you already know who owns Entgeltfortzahlung in your company. We still needed an internal handoff map.
FAQ
Is this legal advice?
No. The course teaches consultation structure and common workplace patterns. Binding advice for a specific dispute requires qualified counsel.
Does the course cover every Bundesland variation?
It focuses on nationwide employment patterns. Local administrative quirks are flagged as escalation points rather than exhaustively catalogued—this is a real limitation of a six-hour program.
Can teams share one login?
Seat licenses are individual. Team briefs under pricing include shared cohort access arranged through our office.