I’m curious what that looks like in practice. I’ve heard about places that offer “unlimited sick leave” but really in practice that means that you’re basically scrutinized every single time you take it, and people end up too scared to use it because they don’t want to be seen as abusing the system. At least with a set amount, you’re only really looked at funny if you go over. (or if you take it all at once, but then you need a medical cert)
So if you have a cold, and just need a single day, do need to produce a medical cert? What about culture-wise, do people look at you funny in that case?
Depends on your employer. Typically you call in sick if you feel sick. If it has been more than 3 days you get a doctors note. Upto a couple of weeks at which point health insurance pays for your wage.
You can be sick for months. The only weird thing is that you still earn vacation days while sick but cannot take them as you are sick.
Gladaed@feddit.org 1 week ago
Feddit.org is the German speaking instance.
Kraiden@piefed.social 1 week ago
I’m curious what that looks like in practice. I’ve heard about places that offer “unlimited sick leave” but really in practice that means that you’re basically scrutinized every single time you take it, and people end up too scared to use it because they don’t want to be seen as abusing the system. At least with a set amount, you’re only really looked at funny if you go over. (or if you take it all at once, but then you need a medical cert)
So if you have a cold, and just need a single day, do need to produce a medical cert? What about culture-wise, do people look at you funny in that case?
Gladaed@feddit.org 1 week ago
Depends on your employer. Typically you call in sick if you feel sick. If it has been more than 3 days you get a doctors note. Upto a couple of weeks at which point health insurance pays for your wage.
You can be sick for months. The only weird thing is that you still earn vacation days while sick but cannot take them as you are sick.
Kraiden@piefed.social 1 week ago
Ok, ye! That sounds like a better system! I mean it’s essentially the same, but our “couple of weeks” is cumulative, which is worse