ZUS: half a million sick leaves controlled in 2018

Polish Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) executed nearly half a million controls and withdrew sick leaves for over PLN 31 million, ZUS spokesperson Wojciech Andrusiewicz told the Polish Press Agency (PAP).

ZUS also has an obligation to lower a sickness benefit amount to 100 percent of the average monthly salary for those who have lost their title to insurance. Last year, there were 166,700 such cases, and limited payments amount reached PLN 160.2 million.