Thursday, March 7, 2024, 3:53 p.m
The clear majority of applications for child sickness benefit are made by mothers
Munich – Sick children need their parents at home. But who actually cares when the children are sick? On the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8th, the SBK Siemens company health insurance company takes a look at its data: The result: ¾ of the applications for child sickness benefit received by the SBK Siemens company health insurance company come from women. So it is primarily the mothers who take on the care of the sick children and therefore miss out on their jobs. Franziska Beckebans, Head of Customer Management and Care at SBK, says: “Sick children still seem to mainly affect mothers. This unequal distribution of tasks disadvantages women not only within the family. In fact, it is also a disadvantage on the labor market. Because those who are frequently absent are often given less consideration when it comes to hiring and promotions.”
About the SBK:
The SBK Siemens company health insurance company is the largest company health insurance company in Germany and is one of the 20 largest statutory health insurance companies. As an open, nationwide health insurance company, it insures more than a million people and looks after over 100,000 corporate customers in Germany – with more than 1,800 employees in 86 branches.
For over 100 years, SBK has been personally and committedly committed to the interests of the insured. It positions itself as a pioneer for real quality competition in statutory health insurance. From the SBK’s point of view, the prerequisite for this is more transparency for the insured – about relevant financial figures, but also about the willingness to perform, advice and service quality of health insurance companies. In the interests of the customer, SBK also combines the best of the personal and digital worlds and actively promotes digitalization in the healthcare system.