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>Most people can't afford to have more than a few sick days in a year Sick days are unlimited in my country (and of course don’t count as vacation or similar).
by torben-friis 11mo ago
>Most people can't afford to have more than a few sick days in a year
Sick days are unlimited in my country (and of course don’t count as vacation or similar).
I think this is relatively standard for European countries, though not 100% sure.
- TeMPOraL 11mo agoThey may be on paper, but I can't imagine taking one every time you have a runny nose or a sore throat. Everyone from your employer to social insurance[0] will start looking at you funny. It's just unexpected, even though it's how you're supposed to be handling infectious diseases to prevent spread. -- [0] - Or whoever is backing the free healthcare in your country.
- torben-friis 11mo agoYes, that much is true. Remote working for those in between cases is accepted, but it does reduce the practice to the luckier subset of office workers.