I propose that the average salary of the last 12 months be used as the basis for calculating sick pay, rather than the average salary of the previous calendar year.
Current situation:
The basis for the allowance is the insured person's average monthly salary and allowances paid in the calendar year preceding the year in which the temporary incapacity for work arose, or the average contribution base in the calendar year preceding the year in which the temporary incapacity for work arose (except, if the insured person has not had a salary or contribution base for the whole of the preceding calendar year, or has not had a salary or contribution base until the temporary absence from work began, or the insured person is injured on the way to work before starting work, or is prevented from starting work by sickness and injury on return from military service).
Proposal: The basis for the allowance is the insured person's average monthly salary and allowances paid during the last twelve months before the temporary absence from work or the average contribution base during the last twelve months before the temporary absence from work (except, if the insured person has not had a salary or contribution base for the whole of the preceding calendar year, or did not have a salary or contribution base until the temporary absence from work occurred, or if the insured person was injured on the way to work before he or she started work, or if he or she is unable to start work on arrival from military service because of illness and injury).
So now, if an individual falls ill in October 2020, the average salary from the calendar year 2019 would be used to calculate the sickness benefit. Under the proposal made, the average salary of the last 12 months would be used, regardless of the calendar year.