The sane way is having regulation that protects your income and job for a few months
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Ava@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 hours agoPretty 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.
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PattyMcB@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Pregnancy is not an edge case, though.
november@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
That’s what they said…
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 7 hours ago
I’m so happy to life in a country where all sick days are paid.
shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
The American economy was birthed from chattel slavery so the idea of workers having rights has always been a struggle here.