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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (2 children)

There has to be some limit for the company. Let's forget a minute about big evil corporation and take a little local company that hire a new person that is needed to run the shop. If this person is absent unlimited and you don't have the funds to hire a replacement, should you just close the shop? It doesn't mean we can put an arbitrary limit on sickness but rather than at some point the company have the liberty to let you go if you can't fulfil your part of the contract anymore in the forsable future. It doesn't mean there shouldn't be a system to help the sick person recover, but maybe that's not the company's job past a certain time, and rather the role of social/health insurance.

[–] b0gl 73 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Here in Sweden your workplace will pay 80% of your salary for the first 7 days, and then if you are still sick, you need to get a doctor's note and then the state will pay you instead.

Also if your kid is sick you can be home with 80% salary paid by the state.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

this is extremely sensible and reasonable

[–] jflorez 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is what a well implemented democratic socialism gets you (The Nordic model)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

it's Social Democratic but ye

[–] jflorez 1 points 11 months ago

Yes I have to use team correctly

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

B-But why should my taxpayer money go to the welfare of my fellow people /s

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

This is a very elegant solution, but unfortunately it's a productive use of our tax dollars so we'll never do that here in the U.S.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah, this is why in many countries, Australia included, part of parental leave is paid by the state (it's at minimum wage, which isn't super high, but much higher than other countrie), and the company isn't required to pay anything extra (but must let you take leave).

Most employers however, are much more generous than this to attract talent.