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> Are sick days still a thing? Why wouldn't they be? I assume they're mandatory in most countries.
by markdown 9y ago
> Are sick days still a thing?
Why wouldn't they be? I assume they're mandatory in most countries.
- pertymcpert 9y agoWell here in the UK you don't have a limit on the number of sick days. You get sick you go off work. It's separate from normal PTO allocation.
- Scarblac 9y agoIn most (western, don't know otherwise) countries, you stay home when you're sick, and get paid because it's outside of your control. No matter if that is day 1 this year or day 20.
- gpawl 9y agoSo employers need to be careful not to hire sickly people?
- pertymcpert 9y agoIt's illegal to discriminate against someone because of their medical background or disability unless it's critical for the job. For medical background they wouldn't be able to get the information anyway. Sickness is just part of the cost of doing business with people, not robots.
- izacus 9y ago> So employers need to be careful not to hire sickly people? Wow. O.o So in US employers just whip sickly people into coming to work or how does that line of reasoning work?