If you are an employee and you must be absent from work due to illness, you are still entitled to receive remuneration, to the extent and for the time determined by law or collective bargaining. Depending on the case, this remuneration will be borne entirely by the employer or by the INPS.
During sick leave, you are also guaranteed by law to keep your job for a certain period of time. The duration of this period of prohibition of dismissal ('period of conduct') is determined by the collective bargaining applied and is generally quantified at 180 days per calendar year.
In any event, the period of sick leave shall be taken into account in the length of service.
You must inform your employer of absence due to illness and address of availability in a timely manner.
In order to receive sickness benefit from the INPS, you must have your medical certificate issued by your treating doctor, who transmits it electronically to the INPS.
During your period of illness, you must be available at the home you have communicated for any examination by your examining doctor, which can be ordered either ex officio or at the request of your employer.
You must be contactable at the usual address or place of residence for all the days indicated in the medical certificate (including Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays), from 10 to 12 and from 17 to 19. If you are absent on arrival without proper justification, you may be subject to disciplinary sanctions.