[carstenhag]

Some context for Germany: Before the probation period ends (usually 6 months), a company can fire you without any reason on 2 weeks notice. After that, it's very hard to fire someone for being sick.

Now to your question: 30 days is the norm for knowledge workers. Days off, including: when you are sick, when your kid is sick so you have to take care of them, special occasions such as death of a close relative, marriage, relocation) don't get counted on these 30 days at all.

[lostlogin]

Is that 30 days per year?

That’s impressively generous.

It’s 10 (accumulating to 20) here in New Zealand and bereavement is an additional few days - the amount depends on your relationship to the deceased. All the above is paid at your usual rate.

[Symbiote]

I think you have misunderstood.

It's 30 days paid holiday per year. The legal minimum is 20-something is most EU countries, but professional jobs tend to have 25-35, depending on the country.

Sick leave is completely independent of that. If you're sick you don't work. If there's any doubt, you get a signed note from a doctor. If the sickness lasts a long time there are eventually other procedures, and after long enough you can lose your job if there's really no reasonable alternative.

[nicbou]

The best part: if you're sick on vacation, you get those vacation days back as they're converted into sick days.

[lostlogin]

> I think you have misunderstood.

I had, and the comment was very clear.

[scary-size]

Though taking care of a sick kid is an unpaid leave. But your health insurance compensates that to a certain degree. Usually up to €110 per day.

[pantalaimon]

You get 30 „child sick days“ per child

https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/themen/praeventi...

[marsvin]

Sounds similar to Finnish system, for the sake of further comparison across countries.