Telling people "If you're sick, stay home" is important but if their employers have been told it's okay to be doing business and they don't have sick leave, it's hardly surprising they keep going to work as long as they can.https://twitter.com/kcexec/status/1276599273459601408 …
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Important update! Looks like there HAS been some helpful emergency legislation around this issue that I've missed: many US workers are currently eligible for two weeks of sick leave if they have COVID-19 symptoms: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-employee-paid-leave … (thx @jacobtaber). Tell your friends...Show this thread -
Further update: New paid leave law not actually as comprehensive as it sounds, in practical terms, because America. From https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/sick-leave-covid-time-off/612361/ …, “only 47 percent of private-sector workers will have guaranteed access to coronavirus-related sick leave” (thx @GlennF for link)Show this thread
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The more details i read about america, the more obvious it get´s how incredibly anti social it is in comparison to it´s vast wealth. One can only hope this pandemic will open some peoples eyes, but right now i don´t see this ending anytime soon.
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It's so weird to have a limit on sick days, as of diseases followed some calendar. In Brazil, if you need more than 30 days of sick leave, the government just pays your salary from your social security money. (Obvs for people in formal jobs, informality is a huge problem too)
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I can’t begin to tell you how weird this concept sounds for someone living in Germany. Six weeks of sick leave get payed in full by the company. After that, mandatory heath insurance will pay 80% of your income.
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In California, after working for a full year, I've saved up exactly 42 hours of sick leave but are highly encouraged to never use it because "we have deadlines coming up and need all hands on deck" constantly.
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California has the mandatory sick leave as well. The problem comes when people don't use it. "What if I need it for later?"
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WA state has required paid sick leave and recently passed Paid Family and Medical Leave: https://paidleave.wa.gov/get-ready-to-apply/ … We're doing a lot better than most states.
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