Unjustified sick-leave – impact and remedies

2020

This paper deals with the problem of issuing unsubstantiated sick-leaves in Latvia. It adopts a comparative perspective contrasting legislation in Latvia and Spain regarding sick-leaves. It also looks at the document in historical and international law perspective.As such the document is simple and precise – it give time to recuperate and rights to income replacement to any employed person who is sick. The scope of the document in Latvia is wider than pure sickness – it includes maternity benefits and support in case of illness of a child under 14. There are more problems with unsubstantiated sick-leaves in Latvia than in Spain, and there are instant measures that Latvia could adopt, for in…