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Are you allowed to cash out your sick days in Europe? It seems actually anti-worker in a way, giving people a financial incentive to go into work anyways when t

• pornel 4y ago
  There's no allotment of sick days in European countries. If you're sick, you don't go work, for as long as needed. You do get guaranteed holidays, but sick days explicitly do not count as holidays. If you quit, you get paid for unused holidays.
  • herbstein 4y ago
    > If you're sick, you don't go work, for as long as needed For reference, I can only be legally fired if I'm sick for more than 186 days in a 365 day period.
  • Rebelgecko 4y ago
    Oh that's interesting. That's how a lot of jobs here work too (more common with white collar ones). Although some jobs (especially those with a pension) that have a sick day allotment will give you a credit for unused sick days. Eg my dad retired one month early because he had unused vacation and sick days. Some jobs also give you a lump of time off and say "this is paid time off, you can use it for sick time OR vacation". But that's only for short sicknesses, like if you need 1-2 days for a cold. If you're sick for more than 5 days you get paid by the government instead of your employer