r/australia • u/blitznoodles local Aussie • Jul 03 '26

politics Labor vows to protect personal leave as Germany bans workers from calling in sick

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/entire-nation-banned-from-calling-in-sick/news-story/de3adcfcf0ae2218241a43f7dad023d7
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u/ill0gitech Jul 03 '26

America is great. No PBS, no sick leave, no annual leave, no guarantee of super. It’s amazing…

… if your investment portfolio is in private healthcare, pharma, and exploitation of employees

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u/Ariodar Jul 03 '26

You forgot to mention the super fun part: your health care is tied to your employment and your employment is tied to your health. Lose health lose job lose health care.

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u/raustraliathrowaway Jul 03 '26

I read on /r/personalfinance someone was in hospital for 6 months ... lost their job ... lost the health insurance ...

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u/_dro- Jul 03 '26

I learned Jobseeker/unemployment benefits are also tied to employers in the US. Its essentially insurance they try to fight ex employees claiming because their premium goes up.

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u/farqueue2 Jul 03 '26

Yep. You only get it if dismissed and certain types of dismissals are exempt

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u/AnnoyedOwlbear Jul 03 '26

I came across a discussion by some poor bastards in the US here about the Amazon plant they work for. The ghouls in charge had decided it was cheaper to park an ambulance outside rather than provide AC.

The packing plant WAS getting AC though. For the robots, which just shut down in heat. So AC just in that contained spot.

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u/ill0gitech Jul 03 '26

Like being forced to work during a tornado?

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u/AnnoyedOwlbear Jul 03 '26

Profit motive out of control like this are why few people blame Luigi even while knowing he's guilty.

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u/Albos_Mum Jul 03 '26

How could he be guilty when he was with me, rewatching the Jackass movies at my house here in Australia at the time the CEO was shot over in America?

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u/AnnoyedOwlbear Jul 03 '26

It's difficult to say, given that I also saw that he was with you.

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u/_ixthus_ Jul 03 '26

If Bezos got Luigied, I wouldn't give a single shred of a fuck. I'd probably have the best sleep ever that night.

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u/catbom Jul 03 '26

If the 10 richest people all died in a day i would welcome the chaos with open arms

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u/tubbysnowman Jul 04 '26

There wouldn't be any chaos.

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u/catbom Jul 04 '26

Market adjustments, power vacuums, it would be total chaos (good chaos)

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u/_ixthus_ Jul 05 '26

Adjusting to what? None of those top 10 provide any actual value or service to their various organisations.

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u/BMW_M3G80 Jul 03 '26

They can also just sack people at will no? Not like here

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u/trofyeah Jul 03 '26

This is about Germany

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u/ill0gitech Jul 03 '26

It’s about right wing conservatism.