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[–] 9 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I have a set amount of sick days too unfortunately.

180 days in a year. After that the government says tough luck, work or starve.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Won't happen here either. If you are sick, your employer has to pay your regular salary for six weeks. After that, your health insurance pays Krankengeld (usually 70% of your gross salary) for up to 72 more weeks. After that, unemployment insurance covers you.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Employer only pays first week or two here, after that it's the government till you hit 6 months. Companies would go bankrupt left and right if they had to pay 6 weeks lol. My ex takes the maximum sick leave she can while still getting paid, about half a year of sick leave every year. Essentially, she gets a job, works for a week or 2, then breaks a wrist on purpose or gets a migraine. But it's not always the whole six months straight, sometimes it's a month and then she works for another week. That would reset the employer's duty to pay her sick leave and puts the company in an awkward position if it's a smaller one.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    Half the year in sick days? Is this satire?

    Edit: Maybe I missed a really obvious point somewhere lol.

    Edit: sobstory lolI'm part time, but if I don't miss any hours at all the entire year, I "earn" 19 hours of "vacation time" / PTO. There is no "sick time". 😂 Basically a week off per year if I blew it all at once and didn't want to make up the hours somewhere else. The pro strat is just "don't get sick" I guess /s.

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