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.
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Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 9 hours 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.
Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
Ava@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 hours 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 8 hours ago
I’m so happy to life in a country where all sick days are paid.
shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 5 hours 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 8 hours ago
The sane way is having regulation that protects your income and job for a few months
PattyMcB@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Pregnancy is not an edge case, though.
november@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 hours ago
That’s what they said…