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In Germany, employees miss an average of 20 days a year because of illness — a whole lot more than in the rest of the EU. Businesses see a direct link between that and the generosity of the country’s mandated sick pay system. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum has more on the debate over sick pay raging in Germany.