thanks we don't need muricans to already know this. tell merz

Seriously, why the fuck would anyone want to emulate this particular aspect of our society?

Like, the medical system fucking kills us.

Er, wut?

I have never once needed a doctors note to call in sick, in the 20+ companies I've worked for in 12 states.

Every one would rather you didn't come in and make other people sick.

That's indeed bad, but wait until you hear about the sick leave rules in other regions outside Europe and democratic allies, particularly in those that celebrate themselves as 'socialist' or 'communist'.

Perfect! You are at work being productive! Not like it affects the higher ups that you are sick while doing it. They are just happy to milk out a couple more widgets.

Send this guy to Germany! He needs to tell the ballad of 10 days off.

You've clearly never been a patient with a German doctor.

In Germany, they're colloquially called "gods in white coats".

If you EVER asked a doctor to give you a note for X days, you would not be happy with the result. They tell you what you need, not the other way around.

in the us service industry

they just fire you after 3 days

Some places do it here in Finland. It works exactly as poorly as you imagine. People show up to work sick more often and spread their cold to everyone in the office, and doctors are bogged down having to write sick notes for 1-2 day absences.

Of course we also have a stupid parallel private employment healthcare system so these are doctors whose job description is pretty much doing nothing but this, so it doesn't (usually) directly lead to congestion in public healthcare -- but it does indirectly do that, because these are doctors who could be working as GPs or something else useful instead of what they're actually doing.

doctors are furious too

does it help that there's a shortage of general practitioners too? just give them more pointless work, that helps

On top of that, doctors will be under increased strain from having to write out the sick notes

I like what our province has done (BC, Canada)

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2025LBR0041-001106

Under the new employment standards regulations, employers cannot ask for a sick note for a worker’s first two health-related, short-term absences of five consecutive days or fewer in a calendar year.

“When you’re sick with the flu, or your child comes down with a cold, the last thing you should have to do is go to your doctor or a medical clinic to get a piece of paper saying you’re sick,” said Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Labour. “Unnecessary medical appointments take time away from patients who need to see their doctors and nurses, don’t help people get better any faster and risk further spread of illness.”

These changes are based on input from health-care providers, who pointed to scientific evidence that shows most minor illnesses for adults, such as a cold and influenza, have symptoms that typically resolve within five days.

Some universities are also switching the format of in person assessments to account for this. For example, adding an extra few quizzes and taking the best X out of Y quizzes so that students can miss a certain number of them with no documentation

The greens? For what?

Currently there is a black / red coaition with fuckyouigotmine-party cdu/csu and shit we're not even relevant anymore because anythin actually socialist left in what we are ist the s for social in its name spd. spd has historically been first or second in terms of votership now they are just alive by pure momentum

huh? the greens are in the opposition right now

and he will definitely not just give u a few days off for a migraine because he absolutely does not want to see u sitting in the waiting room the very next day

You should be allowed to pin him down and diarrhea in his mouth, if they make you come in sick.

He's basically BlackRock's chancellor. His book is titled "Venturing More Capitalism".

This kind of thing about the shit out of doctors. "Oh you need a note for a cold? Have the entire week off."