In addition to the right to health care, one of the rights from the compulsory health insurance is also the right to salary compensation based on temporary incapacity/disability to work.
For example, if you are a posted worker sent to Croatia for temporary work by an employer established in another EU / EEA Member State / Switzerland / the UK, then your temporary incapacity for work (sick leave), if necessary, may be recorded by your primary health care practitioner
The same practitioner may also record your sick leave in case you work in another Member State and get sick during your private stay in Croatia.
If you are an insured person in Croatia and you get sick during your stay in another Member State, your sick leave may be recorded by a foreign doctor. The same doctor should fill in form E116 (Medical certificate of temporary incapacity for work), which must then be handed over to foreign insurance at the place of residence in another Member State. The same foreign insurance provider shall then deliver the mentioned form to HZZO together with the SED S055 form (Application for cash benefits). You are obliged to inform your employer in Croatia and the Croatian Health Insurance Fund (HZZO) about the recorded sick leave within the deadlines prescribed by Croatian regulations
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