I had a past employer tell employees in a group meeting that you should stay home when sick, because coming to work just spreads it around and has a worse impact on the whole team, and therefore the business. We all stood there thinking, “OK, that makes sense… so why are you not paying for sick days, again?”
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Until very very recently, not if you’re a rail worker in the United States. And even now, not that much. The exploitative nature of our country’s “work ethic” is beyond ridiculous.
It is in Russia. Up to 12 months. You just need to see a doctor every 2 weeks to prolong it.
I’ve had 3 paid sick days the past 2 jobs in a row, and I’m a senior developer. I make good money, but this is very much a country where you are not supposed to be sick.
In the Netherlands its like 2 years
In Germany, employees with an approved sick note will receive 100% of their salary for up to six weeks, and after that will be paid 70% until fit to work.
I think in NL its 1 year 100%, then 1 year 70%, after that I think the government takes over
