I don’t know what’s more mind boggling to me, the OP or the fact that you can donate sick days. The fact that you can donate them means they’re finite, what the fuck do you mean you don’t know when you are going to be sick
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Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
What does this mean? That other employees are going to be expected to give up their own vacation/sick leave to pregnant co-workers? The state is so cheap they aren’t willing to give them their own leave? WTAF.
bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My company just transitioned to a system where we get 30 days of paid leave annually. Sounds good for an American company, right? But that 30 days includes every category of leave (except parental, which is at least something.)
So in addition to maybe you want to take a vacation, this “bank” of leave also includes sick days, anything related to your kids after they’re born, jury duty (you’re required by federal law to attend if selected) and everything else. This is completely legal where I live btw.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It is your duty to cough on managers every time you’re encouraged to come in sick.
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
My company does the same, but you start with 5 days and get more the longer you’re with the company. You max out at 25 days after 10 years as an employee.
Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
A lot of places have it set up as “compassion leave”. Usually it’s done by the employee association and they approve it for personal tragedies. If someone’s house burns down, for example.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Time off… if you’re popular.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
What’s even more nuts is just a few years ago Arkansas passed a bill making it the second highest starting pay for new teachers.
Ava@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Pretty much. Leave sharing policies are usually set up such that in some sort of extraordinary medical circumstance, employees can transfer paid leave to one another.
The idea is sorta that if a loved one has a major medical emergency and needs a lot of care for 3 months, other employees can transfer paid leave to help cover gaps. This makes sense as a way to cover edge cases in extreme circumstances, but “is having a child” definitely isn’t such a case.
FlordaMan@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m so happy to life in a country where all sick days are paid.
shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The American economy was birthed from chattel slavery so the idea of workers having rights has always been a struggle here.
exu@feditown.com 2 weeks ago
The sane way is having regulation that protects your income and job for a few months
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oh, no, think of the profits!!!
mech@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
What would make sense is a law that guarantees extra leave in these edge cases.
For example in Germany, you can call in sick not only when you’re sick but also when your child is.
There is no limit to how many sick days you can take.
(There are measures in place to prevent abuse of the system, of course. And being sick doesn’t protect you from being fired, so you can’t just stay home indefinitely. And the number of people abusing this system are VERY VERY low anyway. Cause most people actually aren’t constantly looking for ways to cheat, and don’t need to be controlled like children.)
PattyMcB@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Pregnancy is not an edge case, though.
november@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
That’s what they said…