They take to be “left exemption ‘. From January to be honest – Virtual Poland

From January gradually be introduced e-sick leave, promises to “Gazeta Wyborcza”. When a doctor gives someone L4, immediately they learn what it is the employer and Social Security, because everything will be in the computer system.

This will allow for better, starting from the first day of release, control of persons at “sick”. This should bring significant savings, estimated carefully by the Ministry of Labour for more than 200 million zł per year. Every year for such benefits ZUS issued 13 billion zł.

Larger investments are also going to control the “left” sick. Currently, the Social Insurance Institution auditors questioned more or less every tenth release. Radoslaw Stepien of the board of the Social Insurance Institution explains that an electronic circuit will help to reduce the scale of irregularities.

The new rules are to apply from the beginning of 2016. But by the end of 2017. Doctors will have a choice that will put L4 (electronic or paper) .