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Paid sick days should be a basic right, not a privilege (theindependent.ca)
submitted 3 months ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[–] omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Come to the EU, we have cookies (and paid sick leave)

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You need gas (fertilizer, heavy industry). We gotta build some gas pipelines and terminals on the east coast first. Then we coming. 🍁🇪🇺

[–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 3 months ago

But you see the billionaire CEOs need their 13 mega mansion and 7th mega yacht of the day!!

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

TIL Canada has less sick days than Oman and Pakistan. What the fuck?

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Also, in most countries there are additional paid leave benefits such as parental leave and sick leave that are not listed here.

[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I had two paid sick days before the new rules. Everyone deserves 10.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

No limit is the correct answer.

Or do you think you should work if you are sick?

[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You'd move to short and long term disability? Make that a right I guess, better yet, unionize. That's why I have disability full pay as an option. The union.

It makes more sense than infinite sick days.

Even without a union:

https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei/ei-sickness.html

But like, make it 100% not half pay. Why punish sick people?

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 3 months ago

I think if you're sick and don't have paid time off you should be allowed to vomit and diarrhea into your boss's mouth.

Once that happens once or twice they'll understand the importance of paid sick time.

Or we'll learn they have a really unsettling kink.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It Is

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Until very very recently, not if you're a rail worker in the United States. And even now, not that much. The exploitative nature of our country's "work ethic" is beyond ridiculous.

[–] Eranziel@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I had a past employer tell employees in a group meeting that you should stay home when sick, because coming to work just spreads it around and has a worse impact on the whole team, and therefore the business. We all stood there thinking, "OK, that makes sense... so why are you not paying for sick days, again?"

[–] Jagget@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

It is in Russia. Up to 12 months. You just need to see a doctor every 2 weeks to prolong it.