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> Healthcare, retirement, everything required for living should be socialized. Indeed. Many small businesses can't even afford sponsoring a sick leave directly
by qwerty456127 5y ago
> Healthcare, retirement, everything required for living should be socialized.
Indeed. Many small businesses can't even afford sponsoring a sick leave directly AFAIK. At my location (in Europe) you pay a part of your monthly wage to the social security fund and once you get sick it covers your salary in the amount like if you kept working (and also pays you basic pension once you get too old).
- vladvasiliu 5y agoIn which country is this? In France, the "social security" (run by the state) doesn't cover the full salary, not even close. It only covers up to 50% [0], and only after three days (if you have 10 single sick days, you lose 10 days' pay). You have to have your own insurance ("mutuelle", usually chosen by your employer — which you cannot refuse, but can augment) to have a better deal. --- [0] It covers 50% of the salary, but the maximum salary taken into account is 1.8 times the minimum wage, which is 2 798,24 € before tax. https://www.ameli.fr/assure/remboursements/indemnites-journalieres/arret-maladie-salarie https://www.ameli.fr/assure/remboursements/indemnites-journa...
- Arete314159 5y agoYou write that 50% of nearly 3k Euros is bad. I can see where it would be bad. But in the US, you would have to fight tooth and nail for YEARS to get disability coverage that "good." US Disability payments average around $1500 or so a month, and you often get rejected your first application or for several rounds of appeals. Source: am on disability.