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it's spring but still cold and still sick (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Am I too European / social health care to understand? /s

In all seriousness, as a European it's unimaginable to force myself to work for a week, just to get everyone else sick and cause way more loss than if I had just stayed home...

Unless you're self employed, then you might be fucked.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This! My HR guy (he isn't exactly a manager or boss) even encourages sick days for mental health or if you're just feeling a bit iffy. The gain in productivity and happiness is actually worth it for the company. Plus part of the pay for sick days is actually covered by health insurance afaik, so financially it's not really a problem for the employer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

At least here in germany, the employer is fully reimbursed for the pay of sick days. Although, if you are sick for more than 6 weeks, your employer stops paying altogether and the insurance directly pays you about 70-90% of your regular pay.