In Austria, an employee who is absent from work due to illness, injury or accident, must justify the absence to the employer with an illness certificate. Typical issues surrounding illness certificates include: who must present an illness certificate; the timing and necessary forms required; who must issue the illness certificate; what the illness certificate should include; as well as the legality of the illness certificate.
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