In the event of loss of earnings due to the ordered corona quarantine, most non-vaccinated persons should no longer receive compensation by November 1 at the latest.
The majority of the federal and state health ministers agreed on this on Wednesday in a resolution that was submitted to the German Press Agency.
Bremen and Thuringia abstained from voting.
Only people for whom there is a vaccination recommendation and who can be vaccinated are affected by the decision.
Business Insider magazine had previously reported on it.
The ministers' deliberations were about a nationwide uniform line.
The first countries had already decided for themselves that non-vaccinated people should soon no longer be entitled to compensation.
The Federal Infection Protection Act already provides for this if segregation could have been avoided by taking a recommended vaccination.
Since there is now enough vaccine available, this should now be implemented.
The states themselves regulate the details.
Spahn says it's not about pressure, but about fairness
In principle, employees who have to stay at home due to a quarantine order are entitled to a full wage replacement from the state for the first six weeks, and 67 percent from the seventh week.
Employees do not have to worry about anything and continue to receive their money directly from the employer, who has to have it reimbursed by the competent authority.
Only from the seventh week onwards do employees have to apply for compensation themselves.
This regulation should no longer apply from November 1 at the latest to non-vaccinated people for whom a vaccination recommendation has been made, if they have to be in quarantine as contact persons for corona infected people or as people returning from a risk area abroad and are not allowed to work.
Quarantine orders generally do not apply to those who have been fully vaccinated.
Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) defended the end of the financial compensation for unvaccinated people. “It's not about pressure, by the way, but about fairness towards the vaccinated as well. Why should others pay for someone to decide not to be vaccinated? ”Said the CDU politician before the ZDF consultations.
The chairman of the state health ministers, Klaus Holetschek (CSU) from Bavaria, told the newspaper Rheinische Post (Wednesday): “The nationwide law clearly stipulates: Anyone who deliberately does not get vaccinated, although there are no medical obstacles to it and through the vaccination could have avoided a quarantine, is not entitled to compensation for loss of earnings.