The employee's illness and its effect on ending the functional link A comparative study

The good health condition of the employee is one of the factors which affect improving the workperformance quality and increasing the productivity of the administrative institution. The health condition here is not limited to the physical health, but also includes thepsycological health. The disease can be a "deterrent" that affects the employee after obtaining the legal position and during his work preventing him from continuing holding such office temporarily or permanently. The employee may have various diseases and some of them may be symptomatic in which he recovers within a short time to resume his work. Some other diseases may require a longer period for recovery. With other diseases, the employee may not be able to continue working due to his inability to perform the tasks and duties assigned to him. Consequently, this leads to the termination of his work service and its expiry end, whether by resignation or referral to retirement, as the case may require.In this research, we conclude a set of results and recommendations and the most important is that the legal system for sickness leaves in Iraq needs to be reconsidered, especially in the light of the current health conditions and environmental changes; as well as the absence of a legal system for health insurance for employees, which requires the necessity of creating other types of leaves according to the health and humanitarian conditions and changes and that support the public health system in our country, such as the healthquarantineleave, the sick accompaniment leave in addition to the legislation of a law which provides the health insurance requirements for the employee.