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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
here, if you get sick, you can stay home for up to three days after calling work to say you'll be out. if you need more than that, you get a note from a doctor who puts you on "sick leave" for a specific number of days. for the first few (i can't remember how many exactly) your salary is covered by your company ; if you're out sick for a long time, the social security takes over payment. there's no defined number of days per year you're allowed to be sick, and you don't lose or gain anything depending on whether or not you take or don't take them, however best not get caught if you are on doctor-prescribed (long term) sick-leave but not actually sick. of course, we also have 5 weeks of holidays here per year for everyone after their first year, and if your company is still on a 39-hour work week you can get "time credit" for the extra half-day per week which you can accumulate and take when you want (legal work week was reduced to 35 hours a few years ago, this is a ruse to make the transition less "traumatic"  for employers), which makes an extra 2.5 days or so per month i believe.
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How long do you have to work for a company before coverage become effective?
Here, depending on the ******* place you work for, it takes between 3 to 6 months before you get any coverage. And you get fired just before you get there and then they call you back a few months later to rehire you and then fire you back just before coverage takes effect.
I'm getting sick of it and there's no coverage fer that!