Most western european countries get a lot of flak for policies which amount to "Employers have to treat their employees responsibly". Employers hired a person,

Most western european countries get a lot of flak for policies which amount to "Employers have to treat their employees responsibly". Employers hired a person, not a robot. People have private lives, get sick, have relatives who get sick, have children, need vacations. Those problems become the problems of an employer when they hire someone. The government has a role in describing the norms and minimum requirements of this relationship. Most of these rules don't affect most working professionals, because they already work for employers who are responsible.