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by anon291 855 days ago
> I went to my boss to appologize and offer to take holiday days or something, and he laughed at me and said "No! I knew this was going to happen, your a new parent, look after your child!".

This is just a nice boss, not a social policy. There are plenty of nice bosses anywhere; and plenty of shitty ones.
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morsch 855 days ago
It can be a social policy, as well. In Germany, each parent is entitled to up to 10 days a year (single parents get 20) to take care of their sick child. Most people get 70% of their regular wages for those days, paid by the public health insurance.
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seoulmetro 855 days ago
In Australia those are part of your sick leave, and you get roughly 10 a year IIRC. Quite generous. At 100% wage, paid by your employer.
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morsch 855 days ago
Your own sick leave (at 100% pay, paid by the employer) is separate and the average German employee takes 22 days of sick leave per year, up from 16 days ten years ago.
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seoulmetro 854 days ago
22 days seems like a lot. You guys must have better restraint over taking sick days than Australians.
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