Question juridique clé
Whether a short illness must be proved exclusively by a doctor's certificate to trigger wage payment under Art. 324a OR.
Solution extraite
No. A short or minor illness may be proved by other credible evidence, including witness testimony, so the wage claim is not excluded for lack of a medical certificate.
Motifs extraits
The statute does not require proof of illness in every case by medical certificate. For brief illnesses, where a doctor would not ordinarily be consulted, other evidence may suffice; here the wife's testimony was accepted as credible.