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I am from Europe. What are limited sick days? When I am sick I get a paper from my GP saying that I am sick (sic!) and when I'll be able to work again (this is
by michaelgrafl 10y ago
I am from Europe. What are limited sick days? When I am sick I get a paper from my GP saying that I am sick (sic!) and when I'll be able to work again (this is filled in on the day I start working again). My vacation days (25 per year where I work) are not affected by this.
I wonder what happens when the vacation days are used up. Do you go to work with a fever? Are you staying in bed and getting paid less?
- LVB 10y agoWhere I've worked, if you're completely out of PTO then you stay home and take unpaid leave.
- michaelgrafl 10y agoTo me, putting this much pressure on a sick employee seems really harsh and detrimental in the long run. I hope employees with such contracts just get paid more in general, so they have more financial wiggle room to account for bad streaks.
- duderific 10y ago> Do you go to work with a fever? Are you staying in bed and getting paid less? Yes and yes, unless your employer is especially gracious. Welcome to the good old US of A!
- michaelgrafl 10y agoThat's unfortunate. I know how stressful it is even here to be sick, because despite getting infinite sick leave in theory, you still fall behind at work, which is already unpleasant enough by itself. But it's also frowned upon to come to work when you're sick, because you're either risking other people's health, or simply not taking care of your recovery (which will have a negative impact on your productivity).