Darmstadt (dpa/lhe) – Since the beginning of the corona pandemic, more than 151 million euros have been paid out in Hesse as compensation for loss of earnings under the Infection Protection Act. Of the approximately 236,000 applications received, around 180,000 have already been processed, the Darmstadt regional council announced on Thursday. In order to relieve the health authorities, the regional council took over the applications at the beginning of 2020 and founded its own project group. According to the information, 370 people worked in the project group, of which 92 came from the financial administration. In the high phase, 200 employees worked on the applications at the same time.
At the turn of the year 2023, the regional council handed over the outstanding applications to the responsible health authorities. Hesse’s Interior Minister Peter Beuth (CDU) praised the work of the project group: their performance deserves the highest recognition and shows how efficient the administration is.
Anyone who is not allowed to work due to an officially ordered quarantine is entitled to compensation for loss of earnings in accordance with the Infection Protection Act. For the first six weeks it is granted at the full wage level, after that at 67 percent. The federal government bears the costs.
