Since people got rid of the super cheap labor back in the days... they made the labor laws as horrible as possible to only favour the owners to keep workers as cheap as possible and forced to work as much as possible with as little benefits as possible. Owner comes first. The US labor system is pretty much a modern version of slavery. The employee is NEVER right, its always the boss that is right and can never be wrong, and has ALL the power over the sla.. workers lives.
A relative of mine (from Finland) is a business owner in the US. In addition to full medical and dental coverage and even though he didn’t have to, he started following Finnish work practices with his employees: - If he hires a trainee, the trainee period is maximum 4 months and after that he owes the worker at least 4 months of paid work (double the training period). - Paid minimum 1.5 months of vacation - Paid sick leave - 40h work week (includes two 15min coffee breaks and 30min lunch break per day) - There’s rarely need for overtime and he won’t force anyone - The first 8 hours of overtime are worth 1.5 times your normal pay. After that it’s double. - Sundays are double salary, so if you did 48 hours of work before Sunday, you’ll make three times your normal hourly pay on Sunday. - He encouraged his workers to form a union just in case, so the power balance would always be fair even if he isn’t their boss anymore. And there’s more. When he started doing this, he was called insane, a communist and told that the workers would become lazy and bankrupt him. Wrong! Productivity shot up 250% in just six months. Employee loyalty is so high that he has started taking their laptops from them when they were sick, because the productivity and the respect for their boss is so high that people would work from home while sick.
I was the only UK employee at a US company. I had to introduce them to some of the employment laws here. I worked for them for seven years, which were actually pretty good, but the owners then sold the company to a VC, and everything changed. They decided that everyone was to be on .'employment at will' contracts', which are illegal in the UK I refused to sign mine, so I was let go. Unfortunately for them, they didn't know that if you are dismissed, for any reason, it has to be done within a legal framework. They didn't follow the law, and it cost them a year's salary. I got to have the rest of the year off, spending my accumulated air-miles.
This happened to a family member of mine. One of 4 UK employees for a US business they 'fired' everyone for refusing to sign a 'self employed' contract which is illegal under UK tax law, they sued, the company was fined and had to pay several hundred thousand out to each because of long service and also the entire pension contribution until they retired..
I'm from the UK and when my dad died, i wasn't given a specific time off work it was just agreed to come back when I was ready (I was paid in full for that time off). Also my dad died abroad so I had to go over to that country. When I came back to work they paid me an extra £200 to help towards the costs of that, which I wasn't expecting and was a really nice gesture.
I’m not patriotic but what I’m reading from these comments makes me soooo proud. We have out problems but one thing we do have is care for each other, even if we don’t know one and other. Sorry for your loss xx
in my country if a 1st (parents, spouse, child) of 2nd degree (sibling) relative dies, you get 3 paid days off and depending on the employer or circumstances you may get more. for other relatives you can get 1 day off to attend the funeral.
You were lucky. I too am in the UK and had to use holidays when my Dad died. My colleague was given a week off paid when her cousin died. So it’s entirely down to employer. And clearly mine was unfair
I think the holiday part in the UK confused you as the mandated 28 days can include the 8 national holidays. So 28 days is the minimum. The company I own part of gives up to 36 days holiday a year including the 8 bank holidays depending on length of service. I unfortunately lost my mum from cancer while working for a large corporation. My boss called me into the office on the day my dad called my work to let me know. The boss sorted me a taxi ride home and told me to take as long off as I needed but she didn't expect to see me for 2 weeks. If I needed anything to let her know.
I used to work for a company that gave the mandatory 28 days but you could also work up an extra two lieu days per month giving yourself potentially an extra 12 days holiday per year.
I had similar experiences, I had time off when my parents were ill and took time off when they died. Company was supportive, I was on fall pay and I didn't have to use my holiday allowance. In addition to this there were no hospital bills to worry about. In a five year period we must have had an ambulance out to us about a dozen times at least. Both had surgeries, were in and out of intensive care. I would hate to think what it would be like if we were in the US.
I caught covid November, 2022. Ended up on a ventilator and 4 months of work. Never lost any money and direct manager called me regularly, to make sure I was ok and if my work could help me any way. Makes you grateful to be British.
I'm on leave this week because my boss made me take it. I've only taken one day off since March because this year kind of got away from me so my boss hauled me over the coals and basically forced me to take the next available week. I can only carry 10 days over to my next leave year, which starts on Saturday, so I've used up the excess this week. I get 33 leave days a year and, to be honest, rarely use them all. So, next year, I'll have 43 paid leave days. When my husband got ill and passed away, my employer wouldn't let me go back to work until I had an assessment to say I was fit to work. That took 3 months during which I received full pay. I also received full pay for the 3 months I spent looking after my husband before he passed. My employer's main concern was my wellbeing not rushing me back to work before I was fit. Add that to the fact that his medical treatment was under the NHS so didn't cost us anything, and I'm very grateful that I live in the UK and not the USA where I would undoubtedly have lost my job, my home and, probably, have gone bankrupt due to medical costs. I could weep for what Americans have to deal with - it's just not right that the richest country in history doesn't look after its citizens.
My dad did something like this, but he was also able to "earn" more days off by working overtime. He ended up with 68 days off in one year. My mam was fuming. She likes the occasional day off with him, but in her words "I can't take a full week, I'm pieing him off to you kids for a few days, look after your pappa for me won't ya!" Needless to say my sister and I found as many faults in our homes as possible to keep him occupied (he's not a man who can sit at home and do nothing, it's why he worked so much overtime)
A while ago i told my American girlfriend about a few of the UK workers rights. She was amazed, and so were her family when she told them. I agree with what you said, the more people who spread the word the better.
Thats was as i thought. These lots of comments circulating now in YT about the differences between the Americans and EU’s hopefully will help the Americans see the realities of life. Capitalists scammed them. Even last year if I made comments about EU universal healthcares and affordable educations i was being attacked as Socialists therefore link to communists. I can’t respond further but felt sorry for them. It’s now The Awakening and glad on this.
@@David-um8tb Well I'd guess that companies in America are scamming workers telling them that they can't afford them to have rights. If most of the developed world can do this and still be profitable why can't America. The Unions should be seeing through this and pushing for universal rights so that all companies in the US can work on a level playing field.
I'm from Brazil. Right on Christmas last year I got really sick, high fever and all, and had to take a sick leave from work for like 10 days. None of it was taken off my paycheck OR my annual leave (in Brazil we have 30 days of mandatory paid leave, for vacation time). And I got all of my treatment for free at the public hospital.
Aussie here :) My hubby works in a specialist fire fighting field. He is made to take a month off (on full pay) every 3 months. Down to 9 mths a year to work. He also works a 4 days on, 4 days off roster. so halve that 9 mths, 4.5 months of actual work. Oops, forgot the fact that he gets 10 days paid sick leave and 5 days careers leave and as many days of personal days (stress leave) a required to maintain his mental heath all on full pay. BEST JOB EVER!
You did forget that when the shit hits the fan, like in 2019 (i'm south coast NSW) It's all hands on deck, the same with the floods this year. but none of the State run fire services, SES or CFA would ever take time off at times like that, even Tony Abbout the Ex-Prime Minster was hard at work with the CFA. Unlike Scomo who pissed off on holidays thinking it was not his job, he should have been giving the services 100% of his time.
I’m on the UK, had some bad luck with. Sickness this year, off 3 times for a total of 8 weeks. I got full pay for all of it. I also get 38 days holiday a year as well.
I'm about to blow your mind - I'm from the UK and I have 28 days paid holidays, plus I was allowed to buy extra holiday, so got the maximum of 10 days. I also get the regular national holidays (called bank holidays here) which were 10 this year (2 extra for the Queen's Jubilee and when she died). Total of 48 days off work. Boom! And that doesn't include sickness. If I'm ill and have to be off work, it doesn't come out of my annual leave. Evan Edinger is a great one to watch and react to, highly recommended.
It baffles me that Americans may not be interested in other cultures. I'm totally the opposite. Loved Japan, it was so different than anywhere I've been. Loved Germany as it's just chilled and the food is great. Same with Italy, Greece etc.
I believe Evan is from New Jersey. Your confusion with Paternity Leave is quite complicated to explain. You say to your boss "I have an appointment at hospital on Friday for a baby scan", the boss replies "Ok. See you on Monday.". Job done.
@@DarkTider wha NO, xD at least in germany that means U get to be home to Care for UR child and if its sick for the whole week u get to leave for that week. Organizing care, ur the mother UR the care lol
Or he says "if you take a day off, you're sacked!" The point is, in the USA (New Jersey or anywhere else) that is a possibility and you have no recourse in law to prevent that. In the UK, you say "my wife is going for a scan on Friday!" That's it! You don't even have to wait for a reply. You're protected in law.
I took three days off recently for mental health (big personal stress impacting physical and mental health), and my employer was understanding, which was amazing. Also, here in Scotland I can get free prescriptions, and eye tests, which are a blessing.
Paid for by U.K. tax payers and that of course includes the Scottish. I am English and now retired and get free prescriptions as do the unemployed and those on benefits which put together just in England is more people here get free prescriptions than the whole population of Scotland.
@@JohnHollands I don't think so, its good to have a employer allow for time off but therer is a expectation of improved performance because of said time off. Nothing is free.
Here in New Zealand as with everywhere else outside of America we have workers rights written into law. We get sick leave, annual leave (minimum 4 weeks), public holidays, bereavement leave, parental leave, which are ALL paid! And another system that pays you if you have an accident and need time off work, and it also covers ALL related medical as well.
I worked for a company in NZ, that was taken over by an Aussie company, every chance they had, they would do their best to whittle down our rights and annual leave.
For the maternity/paternity leave part. The mother gets to take paid time off work for most routine prenatal appointments. The father can only take paid time off work for 2 routine prenatal appointments, like scans. Obviously if it's a non routine or an urgent appointment or a more complicated pregnancy situation then most UK employers will allow time off for the fathers (or non pregnant partner) to support their pregnant partners.
When my Dad died, my cousin (blood cousin, my Dad's niece) took time off work and told them she'd be back in "whenever" claiming she was really close to my Dad (she wasn't, not really). Anyway, after two weeks her boss called her and asked her if she was any closer to giving them a date she would be back in. She told them "whenever I'm still grieving". "OK," said her boss. The week after on Saturday her boss called again and she said "still grieving" her boss explained the fair amount of time rule but informed her "we would say it's fair when your manager saw you in town last night staggering from pub to pub, dressed up and singing at the top of your voice telling your friends what an amazing time you were having and how great it is to be off work and partying all the time. So we'll see you Monday?" She had to agree of course but I think her employer was more than fair because she could have been sacked but I think other than risk getting an unfair dismissal (every grieves differently, she would no doubt have tried to say) they just basically embarrassed her into admitting she was ready to come back to work without having to admit she was caught scamming.
25:30 you can take sick leave/medical leave for YOUR doctors appointments/illness-stuff. This is talking about a soon-to-be father. The prenatal checkups where you look on ultrasound pictures and the mom goes "aaaaaaw" are NOT a medical requirement for the father. He isn't pregnant after all, so this stipulates that the father can accompany his breeding partner to two of these appointments. Thats what that law means. Goes without say that a lot of UK employers (at least the employers of most of my Island friends, Im not from the UK myself), especially if you had a productive relationship with them, will be fine with you driving and accompanying your wife or gf to the doctor when she's pregnant more than those two times. You know, like any decent human being would.
Im in uk and actually have covid at the minute. I rang my employer on Monday and they said get well soon and don’t come back until you have a negative test (absolutely no proof needed). And I know I’ll be paid my FULL wage and I can get better stress free!! Sometimes I hate the UK but sometimes we don’t know how good we’ve got it!!
For now - some workers have the benefit of workers' rights in the UK, but The C & U Party is being forced by the ERG to scrap all Worker & Human Rights. Meanwhile, many workers are obliged to take short contracts or zero-hour contracts or work several part-time jobs & therefore do not qualify for many of the Worker Rights that full time employees are entitled to. Also, in the UK there is a minimum wage rather than a living wage requirement which is not linked to inflation - ergo many full-time workers cannot afford adequate housing or food to feed their families. Hospitals have even set up food banks to supplement the meagre wages of their health workers & support staff.
@@MazzaEliLi7406 We're drifting that way now. The company I work for is US financed even though technically it's British. Our starting wage is the new living wage and we've been told to consider any bonuses we may earn as part of our wage settlement, even though it's unlikely to be paid because of the targets set. This is an engineering firm. As expected we are having a lot of trouble attracting new employees or keeping them, I'm only hanging on for when the factory inevitably fails, do not want to lose 16 years redundancy at my age.
@@sandersson2813 Start reading the UK governments own publications which is where I get my information. If I get any information via Reuters I check it against Bank of England Or Interantional Monetary Fund publications. The Medical Associations also have a good deal of information to draw from. The CBI is another source of information. I could go on - but the list is long. An apology would be appreciated.
What is hard to understand is that you can work for a US company in the UK and they can accommodate all these workers rights. But my colleagues in the US didn't. E.g. I'd get 25 days, plus public holidays. US employees in the same job had 10 days holiday a year 🤔
Exactly. Interesting to compare McDonald's workers wages in different countries. In the US it's around $7/hour and to pay more would send the company broke (they say) but here in Australia they are paid $25/hour and Maccas isn't going broke. Go figure.
Unions (at least in my country) are not only to protect the employee in his relationship with the employer but also to protect the employee in his relationship with the government. So if the government tries to adopt unreasonable laws (which can harm the employee's interest) is the union's job to negotiate with the government and, as a last resort organize protests or even strikes.
Which of course that enough people are unionized so that the union have some form of leverage, and that is the problem with the US where so few are unionized that few unions have any leverage (except say the police union which have extreme leverage since basically close to 100% of the cops in the US are members).
28...mandatory leave. They can't lesser the day they get sued and lose their jobs!!! But companies offers more than 28 days I believe.......some countries(most of them) pay you if u work in a weekends or holidays of course its not mandatory but many prefere take them as leave, if I work a Saturday I can take off the Monday ...sometimes at the end of the year we r called by human resources and asks us to take more days because we worked more than we r supposed....and that give us more weeks for long vacations or long holidays like Christmas or New year....I rather take my weekend free rather than working because here in France we have 5 weeks.
I just went back to work after a week with Covid... The only thing I had to do was taking an official test, phone to my doctor, get an attest, send it to my boss and tell him that I was ill. Have you thought about studying abroad? That should be a great experience.
I tested positive in February, had no symptoms (3rd vaccination was in December), since we all received an ipad from our company in 2020, I worked from home during the 10 days of quarantine. (telephone service and back office)
In the UK I got 3 days off because my pet died. If I lost a close relative for example mum, dad, a brother or sister or child I would get 3 weeks bereavement leave. Or Grief sick leave, as some people call it. That's reasonable.
Maternity/paternity rights in the uk, to clarify… women get 9 month paid away from work. I can’t remember the ratio but I believe you get pay for 6 months and then it goes down to a smaller government funded amount a week. Still keeps you afloat with a new child in the household! Men get 2 weeks and got 2 weeks full pay. Anti natal appointments for women are fully paid, because we don’t get to choose an appointment time with NHS and my partner was always paid for attending appointments with me! There was never any issue with him being able to attend appointments or take time with his new baby and get criticism with work… in fact they sent us a huge bouquet of flowers and loads of gifts! I’m gobsmacked at how hard life is in America…
The term work-life balance refers to finding a balance between work, private life and other areas of life. The focus of work-life balance is a job that fulfills you, a happy family or private life, a healthy body and much more.
Your employer doesn't have to pay you when you're sick but you can get statuary sick pay (which was the money from the government he mentioned) so you get something. Good employers will pay you but they don't have to. If you're paid in full you won't get statuary sick pay on top of that
Hi from the UK 👋 🇬🇧 my wife was off work for a year and a half with cancer the first year was paid at 100 % then six months at 50 % then she went back to her job that they had to keep open for her
In Australia we also get long service leave. Govt workers get 3 months paid leave after 7 years, some industries pay it after 10 years and others 15 years. So much for the American dream, it's the American nightmare! Australia is a long way from Europe, UK and Europe and we travel there. Companies have to pay 9% of annual leave into a superannuation fund for a employee's annual salary. 10 days sick leave, 20 days annual leave, plus 10 days public holidays, maternity leave, bereavement leave etc.
Another big difference is that in the UK we have laws regarding unfair dismissal, you can’t just fire someone on the spot or for being sick or for deliberately making their work environment so toxic that they have no option but to quit.
I tell you about WLB (work live balance) in Germany, my personal story. I am working a little under 38 hours a week, have 30 payed vacation days and stay (paid) home when I am sick. I don't work to be the best employee or the best of my colleagues, but just to get my job done. When a task is not done until work is over, I continue the next day. This means I can spend the rest of the day with family, friends or even hobbys. My employer knowns, when there is a good balance between work and life (work not too much, earn enough and have time to enjoy life and family), I'll be a more motivated, more efficient and even more happier worker and this is what my employer benefits from. A balance between doing job and recharging the batteries. A balance between being happy and help my employer to succeed in his aims. In some northern Europe countries, people work just 4 days a week without any loss of efficiency and work quality
My friend (UK) had only taken off 3 days and when it got to October he was forced to start taking days off. He had to meet the minimum of 20 days. It's a legal requirement. I think in some places you can do 18 in one year then get 22 the next year. We had unlimited holidays but you still had to take a minimum of 20
Yes, a couple of weeks ago my manager called me in and forced me to book off the 8.5 days I had left this year before Christmas, which is why I’m taking the 2nd week of October off - there’s still a chance we might have decent weather. I’ve also got the week between Christmas and New Year booked off, and this year I took off the week after Easter, and the first and last weeks in August, and a few odd days elsewhere.
A lot of UK employers won't allow an employee to carry over any or much leave to the new working year and this is the reason a lot of bosses encourage their staff to "spend" their annual leave allowance before the next year.
@@jeanproctor3663 depends on your contract really. If it states you can carry over then you can. If not you have to take your full time that year or lose it altogether. Employers will want to make sure you use it in case they’re threatened with some lawsuit of not allowing employees to take their allotted time (you just know someone’s tried it and won because of lack of proof the employer didn’t do this). My office outright stated in my contract I couldn’t carry days over, until the contracts moved to unlimited holidays
NOT MEANT AS AN INSULT But my genuine impression of USA is that it is a 3rd rate, or worse, country in every way that matters. The puzzle is that your politicians and education system convinces most USA citizens that they live in the best country, or even the only country, in the world. And also that you are taught you have "government by the people for the people " whilst meekly accepting "government by the corrupt for the greedy".
In Australia we have similar conditions to the UK. We have 10 days paid Sick Leave per year. These days are paid at the normal rate. We have 4 weeks of paid Holiday Leave per year at normal salary. We also receive a loading of 17.5 % on top of the Holiday Leave. This is an extra 17.5 % of salary paid on top of the Holiday Leave. The Minimum Wage for an adult over 21 here is $21.38 per hour. We get up to 18 weeks Paternity Leave which is paid at the Minimum Wage rate ($812 per week). Partners can take 2 weeks Paternity Leave at the Minimum Wage. Most of these conditions were achieved over many decades by Unions and the Union-affiliated Labor Governments. Cheers.
not bad, but in Germany we have similar conditions to the UK. The employer must continue to pay wages for a maximum of six weeks or 42 calendar days. If the employee is still ill beyond these six weeks, he usually receives sick pay from his health insurance fund. In this case, however, it is then no longer the full average salary, but usually 70 percent of gross earnings. For example, someone who breaks a leg and takes sick leave because of it, and then comes down with flu on their first day of work and takes sick leave again because of it, is again entitled to six weeks of continued pay. We have 30 days (6 weeks) of paid vacation per year at our normal rate of pay. We also receive a €1,200 premium on top of our vacation entitlement. I personally had additionally full 13th and 14th month salary for over 30 years. (Bonus and so-called Christmas bonus) Parental leave is available to both parents equally. It may be divided between the two for a total of three years or taken jointly. So you can take three years of paternity leave before your child's 3rd birthday or in parts (max. 24 months) also in the period between your child's 3rd and 8th birthday. How long you want to apply for parental leave in each of these periods is entirely up to you.
In answer to your question about annual leave the 28 days only applies if you are working full time, if you essentially only work half a week you are technically only entitled to 14 days but it's done on days/hours worked so 3 days a week entitles you to 3/5 of the annual holiday entitlement etc etc. I'm fairly lucky my company starts at 25 days + 8 days bank holidays and next year I will be up to 29 days + bank holidays.
In the UK you can get time off for medical treatments or scans for yourself and as its not the "man" who is getting the prenatal ultrasound his presence isn't necessary so they had to add an exception to allow him to take time off to accompany the mother for their scans.
4:00 The German system is a little bit different. In 1883 Chancellor Otto von Bismarck issued the first Health Insurance Bill, which made statutory health insurance obligatory for all people whose wages were below a certain threshold, amended by a Accident Insurance Bill in the same year, and and Old Age and Disability Insurance Bill (a statutory pension insurance) in 1889. (In 1891 a trade law amendment also constituted the work-free Sunday as worker's right.) The rules were somewhat adjusted since then, but the system as such is still in operation. If you are sick, you have up to three days (depending on your employment contract) to get a doctor's note. In most cases you can simply give notice to your employer (or team boss), if you are sick for only one day and back the next day, and you are done. If you have a doctor's note (which is called an "Arbeitsunfähigkeits-Bescheinigung", a "certificate of incapacity for work", costs you no money and states the number of days you are expected to be unable to work), you get up to 6 weeks of sickness your normal wage (as agreed upon in your employment contract). Small enterprises (up to 30 employees) are refunded by the health insurance. If you are sick for more than 6 weeks, you get instead "Krankengeld" (sick money), which is up to 70% of your wage and paid by your health insurance. Sick days are not holidays. If you have filed a holiday leave and get sick during your holiday, you can actually get a doctor's note, and the days you are sick will not be counted as holidays - so you get those days back to enlengthen your next holiday. If you have a fulltime job, you have a legal claim for at least (paid) 24 workdays per year as holiday (most companies will grant however 30 days). Parttime jobs get a claim fitting to the percentage: a half-time job will get at least 12 workdays (if working full days; if working half days, you'll get at least 24 half days). (While in the US parttime jobs mostly lose at least most of the holidays fulltime jobs would get.) German enterprises are very capable of competing with another and internationally, including successfully competing with US companies - so this system does not weaken them in any way, on the contrary. Most companies will therefore not allow you at all in the office if you are sick. 12:30 The US being so big may be a reason for not to go to another country for holiday, but it is surely no reason for not going elsewhere for holiday at all. Many Germans did go for holiday to (somewhere else in ) Germany these last few years (some do it anyway, but mostly now due to Covid), and if the US is so big, why not going for at least two weeks of holiday to another state? That is, if you are able and allowed to take at least 2 weeks of holiday at a stretch at least once a year (most Europeans do it twice per year). 25:50 Germany has a mandatory medical leave for pregnant women for at least 6 weeks before the scheduled date of birth (if the work conditions or health problems could endanger the life of mother or child, the employment ban starts even earlier) and 8 weeks after birth. If the mother does wish it explicitly and the employer accedes to it, exceptions are possible. The mother is paid her normal wage during this time, which is fully refunded to the employer by her health insurance. Both parents are entitled to up to 36 months of unpaid leave each up to the third birthday of the child; up to 24 months of that time can be transferred to the years between the 3rd and the 8th birthday. During the first year parents can also apply for a parental allowance paid by the state to compensate for income loss due to unpaid leave (the allowance is paid for up to 12 + 2 months).
We offer "unlimited holiday" backed by a "don't take the piss" policy... Haven't had to call anyone for abusing it yet. We do set a hard minimum of 28 days as that's our legal obligation, so I often find myself nagging people to take holiday at the end of the year.
3:34 Here in Germany if you are sick you go to the doctor who will give you an Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung (a note for your employer and your insurance that you're sick - or injured - and a timeframe for how long you will be off work). You receive 100 % for up to 6 weeks from the employer, and if you're sick for longer - which is not so much the case if you're ill but can be the case if you're injured - the insurance takes over and pays 80 % for up to 72 weeks (yep, the 6 weeks and the 72 weeks add up to one and a half year of being off work). Speaking going to work while you're sick...that's a big no no because you might infect your co-workers. Employers have to take care of the employees. One example: If there are risks to the health of employees the employer has to deal with the situation or the employees can refuse to work at all without repercussions to protect their own health. An employer who forces his employees to work alongside a co-worker who has an infectious disease is violating his duties and can get in serious legal troubles. It is in fact the duty of the employer to protect employees from infections and send people who are sick to the doctor. Sick days are never taken off your payed vacation days btw. 18:25 Here in Germany that is not a "if you want to", the employer has to make sure that you do use all your vacation days.
The sheer amount of control your corporations have over your government and general population is kinda nuts. Like, we _have_ lobbying here in the UK too - but it's nowhere _near_ as powerful as yours seems to be. At the end of the day our politicians know if they too often side with the corporations and _don't_ do what the _people_ want, we'll just oust them pretty quickly and replace them with someone who _will_ do as _we the people_ say. The power is swung heavily in favour of the general population. And the success of unionization in our country has ensured that workers actually _get_ rights and that they're protected. That's not to say there aren't issues - corporations get their own way often enough too, and are allowed to get away with abusing all kinds of loopholes in our laws to benefit themselves. Like Google not paying its UK tax bill properly (along with other UK based companies), or GCHQ (our equivalent to your NSA) being allowed to collect _huge_ amounts of data on the citizens of this country - including data that _should_ be private and controlled by _us_ . But at the end of the day corporations don't _own_ the UK government on _nearly_ the scale as across the pond, and _can't_ actually sway elections in their favour like they can over in the USA with lobbying, donations and the Electoral College (it's amazing to me that this still exists, despite effectively being able to elect a new President independantly whilst never actually being made up of democratically elected members themselves, completely ignoring the votes of the country's _entire_ voting population).
Medical leave is seperate from prenatal visit leave. You have 2 prenatal visit leave days, seperate days for funerals, weddings etc. And just to add, medical leave generally doesn't have a limited amount of days, you just require a doctor's note after a certain time.
Sorry for the person you know who was sacked for having Covid, I 100% freaking guarantee if it happened here if they had a union, the union would smash that employers ass into the ground, and so would the government. (albeit a little slower) and I'm telling you now if it happened to be a smaller business they'd probably end up being a no business.
here in Australia if you get Covid you contact the authorities and you if you have no employer sick leave left or are a casual workers who doesn't get it then the State gives you roughly $750 to cover you if you lost 20 hours or more because of the compulsory seven days quarantine
Yes you can compare the unions to that, because if the majority of your workforce is unionized, the union reps walk into congress (or whoever makes laws in your country, i legit am not sure rn), tell them: "this this and this should be our rights, its the 21st century and this is the richest country in the history of mankind, we can afford to have at lest this stuff and if you don't give it to us, you are gonna have two weeks of general strikes on your hand." If these unions had the workforce portion necessary to grind the entire countries' economy to a halt (or at least a significant enough portion), you'd have a mandated minimum of pto, actual sick leave, maternity protections and a federal definition of the length of a full time work week in a matter of weeks. These rights we here in Europe have rn had to be fought for, they weren't handed to our (great-)grandparents on a platter.
Issue is that the US unions have been heavily ... ell, i guess tainted is appropriate, by the mob and such, even adopted some of the racket methods, like "You are only allowed to hire union members and have to do everyhting as we say, even if the union member doesn't mind doing it differently." See for example, GL's spat with the Directors Guild of America because Kershner didn't get opening credits after the LucasFilm logo. Because the guild couldn't touch GL, they instead decided to fine Kershner. GL paid for him.
Here in Norway when we are sick, we get paid from day 1 when we are sick,after like 14 days while sick,we get 100 % salery while sick up to 1 year.If we are sick during our wacationdays,which are 4 week paid,we get those 4 weeks back when we are Well and back at work.
Will it get better over time? I am going to be the pessimist on this issue and say that it's actually going to get worse. Why? Because it has been getting worse since I entered the work force in the late 80's. Back then, you didn't need a college education to get by as an adult.... you could work a retail job, one parent with the other staying home, and do fine. My father worked a good paying heavy labor job at a cement plant, earning close to $30/hr back then... so we lived quite well. He put down triple payments on the new house they bought, and paid it off in 10 years, which was quite the feat when the mortgage rates for a new homeowner back then were in the 19% range... yes... 19%. We sacrificed family vacations and a lot of perks, but in the end, he shaved 20 years off his mortgage, and we still lived very well, with a nice big house, huge yard, etc. Now compare that to today... where it's near impossible for one person with a $30/hr job to afford to own a home and provide for a family. Typically, both parents need to be working decent jobs just to get by, with prices as they are. It's been getting worse and worse, the greater the difference in wage increases vs inflation. One reason it's been getting worse, is the power that corporations hold over gov't policy. Money in politics buys votes. Votes change things, or keep things the same, depending on what the corporations want. In recent years, monopolies have become an ever-increasing threat to the price of products... hen one company controls all of one type of product, they can charge as much as they want. The monopoly laws of yesteryear do not apply to digital retail business the same way they used to apply to brick-and-mortar stores.... so mega corps, like Amazon, have been raking in immense profits by skirting these monopoly regulations. That trend will only get worse over time. I fear that the speed at which the corps are growing, is too fast for how long it takes for legislation in the current political climate, to pass. Until they figure out a way to catch up... the disparity between costs, and wages, will only grow. The more corporations are in competition with each other, the more prices will begin to decline.
In Norway we have 4 weeks and 1 day vacation. It's not just a right, but your duty, as well as the companies duty to make sure you take your vacation. You can transfer 2 weeks for vacation next year, but then you must take at least 4 weeks and 1 day next year. There are commonly agreements on union levels or company policy to have extra days for a full 5th week. Depending on agreements, Those days can be additional transferable, and even accumulated fur years, or they can be lost at the end of the year. The employee have the rights to 3 weeks continuously vacation during summer, but the employer can say when, but it can be any time during the year, if both parties agree.
Hete in NZ entitlement to sick leave can often be carried over to subsequent years if not used. In my case I was employed for some years without touching much of my sick leave so when I had a major health issue I was able to take over six months leave, sick leave padded out with a bit of annual leave which I had also accumulated. This had to be granted as of right and my job was still there when I returned to work. A really supportive system. Which fosters employee loyalty.
In Canada you are entitled to either 40 weeks of Maternity/paternity leave split between parents as desired at 55% pay, or up to 69 weeks at a lesser rate of pay for the person who is off. Bereavement leave is 5 days, more if a Federal Employee. Paid sick days are available but vary from 3 to 15 days a year depending on weather your work is controlled federally or provincially.
Generally in the UK companies will have a minimum of 20 days paid leave to start off with and then this is topped up with 4-5 bank \ public holidays. Some companies also give extra holidays if you have worked there for a longer period ie after working 5 years you are given another day, 10 years 2 days and so on. There is also compassionate leave when a loved one dies. Most firms provide some kind of pension scheme that you join when you start. You are automatically enrolled and this may also provide a death in service payment should you die while employed by the firm at no extra cost to the employee.
Correction, that is what American companies will do to make sure they don't have to pay you. In Europe, in many countries many companies know that happy staff work better, are more productive and less inclined to take time off. When I was much much younger, my team won the Championship, my boss said to me the day before we won (it depended on certain results) that if we did win she'd book Monday as a sick day. I asked why would she do that, and she just smiled and said well you'll probably stink up the office with booze breath and be next to useless anyway. Take a day. I've also worked for a company that paid you if you didn't take your allocated time off, so you would of course get paid as normal for the time you actually worked, but if you had days over from your leave at the end of the year they would pay you those as well. I kind of wonder why some companies don't try the European take on things, but then again for one they'd be a queue a mile long for every post, and 2ndly the local business would burn that place to the ground.
It always makes sense to me to keep a sick employee home. Resting up will get them well sooner and if they come into work sick, they'll infect everyone else and you lose many man hours.
There are more than 140.000 vacant apprenticeship places in Germany this year. You get payed between 550€ and 1000€ per month depending on the industry you're gong to work in. An apprenticeship normally lasts three years, payment increases every year. You definitely get a job after successfully complete your apprenticeship. You have to learn German - that's the downside.
35 Years ago we got told because as Australians we had 4 weeks paid annual leave a year and we have too be paid out when we change employment. We were working 38 hours a week (full-time) in 1987 .Hospitality worker in the U.S. still working 60 yes sixty hours a week. America was joke and so brainwashed that they had the best work conditions in the 🌎world. I've travelled (backpacked) alot of countries and know question what the U.S. is all about!
I have an American friend I met at a seminar once, we keep in touch, she works in the same field as me, but has to work tables in a diner to just be above the breadline. This is 2022. Nobody should need to work 8 hours a day and then pick up a shift at a diner to put food on the table.
@@helvete983 This was when I was I Hawaii. One staff member me. At the accommodation were i was staying that he worked 60 hours a week ( 5 ×12 hours shifts). Then worked 16 ( 4 ×4 hour shifts at Restaurant) a week, too pay the bills. There wage was very low to many countries.
Let's say in Germany, you get sick on vacation, go to the doctor and get it confirmed, then you get those vacation days credited. That is pretty much the opposite as in the USA! 🤔
It's the same in Sweden. I got sick during vacation, so sick that I ended up on full time sick leave for about 7 months. This was in July and at the end of the year I got all the vacation days paid in cash because well.. I couldn't take them as time off because I was already on sick leave.
I'm from the U.K. and I get 30 days a year paid holiday. I also get to choose when I take my holidays as long as I give notice. One weeks notice for under a week and two weeks notice for a week or more. And I get paid for the time I'm off on holiday.
You are not allowed to work sick in some jobs, eg if you are in health care and get a stomach bug you are not allowed back until you have a clear faecal sample. (Nhs) .food premises also have rules. At least the good ones and factories.
I worked at a US company in UK. I had 1 month sick pay ( 100%) and after 1 month I was getting money from the Government. By the law the employer had no right to release me because I was sick. I know a few co-workers who were sick for the whole year or 6 months and they returned to work as if nothing happened. on top of that, I had 28 days paid holiday (required to take).
When you are pregnant in the UK and you have a doctor appointment to checking on your baby, your workplace demanded to let you go. But of course they will appreciate if you let them know minimum 72 hours before your appointment just to let them adjust in schedules or meeting wise if necessary. But actually a lot of workplace will let you go on your other doctor appointment (when you are not pregnant just sick or need a check-up) free in your work time if it's a short one. And maybe you just skip your lunch or work an extra half an hour or hour. Or you just use your loop hours etc. It's really depend on your workplace, team and your attitude.
The best thing about social media is that people are able to learn about other countries, and not just from a journalists perspective on news outlets. It would take a big uprising for the US to change though, the rich are pulling the strings and have convinced the workers that socialism is evil. Too many believe the BS and because of that, are frightened of change.
His friend worked for Google in the UK and then moved to work for Google in the US and lost half his holidays after moving to the US (presumably working for the SAME company)
I'm Norwegian. I get 25 days of paid leave per year. Weekends don't count, so that's 5 weeks. Only 4 of those weeks are paid, but tax free so you end up with more money for those 5 weeks than you usually have anyway. On top of the 25 days are 10 bank holidays on avarage (days off but on set days, like christmas day etc). Also I can earn extra days off by working overtime, with a maximum of 24 days earned per year. 24 days is more overtime than most people are willing to work, but nice to have the option.
In Germany, you can be sick for many weeks with full pay. If you exceed 6 weeks of sick leave, you will receive a continued payment of wages from the statutory health insurance fund in the amount of 70% of the net salary for a maximum of 72 weeks. After that, you receive unemployment benefit from the state for 1 1/2 years and after that the state would pay citizen benefit in the amount of 530 euros plus rent plus additional costs indefinitely
If you take less, you can often "sell" unused holiday entitlement back to the employer, or carry it over to the following year. There are contractual limits on the number of days you can sell or carry forward; it's always best to use them if you can, sell if you can't and as a last resort carry forward - reason for this is you're just kicking the ball down the street if you carry forward and still have a full year entitlement next year in addition to the carry forward.
I live in the UK, and years ago I had cancer , I was off work for 4 months, I had full pay for the whole 4 months and my treatment was with the NHS.. National Health Service, so it didn't cost me for my operation or medication. We pay tax and also national insurance, that cover these.
How does it work? Canadian here; not UK but I imagine it's the same there as I know it to be. Mom makes an OB appointment with her doctor. Dad gives the employer the day off notification saying "I won't be in on this day. Baby has an ultra sound/doc appointment". That's it.
Living in Berlin and have 28 (my friend even 32) days of vacation from the very beginning I´ve started at the company. The minimum in Germany is 20 but that is basic almost nobody dares to offer. Plus of course we have 10 days off on all state/bank holidays (not applied to workers in service like hotels, restaurants etc.). Sickdays - calling sick for one or two days is not included, you usually need the sick note from the doctor from three day on...
The reason employers can give "less than mandated holiday" is that many employers still need staff on bank holidays. "Essential workers" if you will (or service industries that will operate on these days due to huge demand) I work in care, so we can't just take a day off. Our services are needed 24/7, so staff need to come in on bank holidays (xmas, new year etc etc) The compromise here is compensation. Time and a half is the most common (so, if you'd be paid £10/h, you'll get £15/h) but rates vary, I've had double pay before and I know it can go higher.
In Australia it's called sick leave, as long as you have time there you can have sick leave and carers leave too. I can ask compassion leave too. I can have 4-6 annual leave and I have long service leave too.
Some companies can pay their own sick pay rates.... however you can apply for government SSP..... statutory sick pay. This is based at approx £53 to £76 per week somewhere around this level. SSP is the basic sick pay rate that everyone working is entitled to. It also aligns with basic job seekers benefit rate in the UK. It is barely enough for energy bills and is no way near enough to pay mortgages. In the UK you can self certify for up to a week, more than 7 days in a row then a doctors note is required to receive sick pay benefits.. Most companies will allow you to do overtime at basic rate according to your contract to make up the hours sick so you can receive the full amount before earning overtime at times 1.5 or x2 rate. Prenatal appointments are just like a doctors appointment, they are scheduled, you just notify your manager/hr about it to ensure there isn't a issue (I don't know of a case where it has been refused when I was working in admin) its usually paid and noted in payroll somewhere. Most people try to schedule appointments outside of working hours when possible but most places in the UK appreciate that we are human and have lives outside of work.
In Australia we get 20 business days as holidays plus public holidays(about 10) plus 10 days personal leave (sick) cumulative so if u don’t use them this year they get included. So next year I have 20 days leave. These are the minimum that every employee is entitled to. You can get more depending on the job e-gift u work shift work then u get 5weeks holiday as a minimum.
He didn't explain the holiday entitlement very well. he 5.6 weeks manadated can include the 8 days public holidays. However, some employers give you the5.6 weeks and still allow the 8 days paid bank holidays.
@26:00 the 2 days for prenatal exams he's talking about are for the _father_ (i.e. to accompany the mother). The mother can of course take as much PTO as required.
some companies require you to work through some bank holidays ,shift work jobs like mine for an example, often they do something to make up for this though. Where I work will pay you overtime for working through bank holidays by default it's either 1.5x or 2x pay depending on the day. I also work a 4 on 4 off shift which when coupled with my default 26 days payed holiday means I only actually technically work around 5.2 months of the year. on top of that an added bonus with the 4on4off work pattern is I only need to book 4 days off if I want to go on a 12 day holiday.
He misspelled what he meant. He meant that they have 28 mandated days but employeer can give you more or less ADDITIONAL days if he wants to. Of course can give 0 additional days as well but those 28 are mandated.
Here in Denmark the situation for salaried employees is a minimum of 25 days paid holiday, plus an additional 5 days paid holiday. That is in addition to public (bank) holidays.
I'm from the Netherlands, and we have a big and robust healtcare system in place and companies are required to give us at LEAST 3 weeks of vacation and around 10 days of normal leave. And it just works, i can even work overtime to get more free hours/days wich is really handy if u are planning to take a vacation for a long time though u need to do a 2 weeks notice for free days depending on the company. And as someone with Epilepsie and a learning disorder this is all a blessing, couse i'm not sure i'd survive in America the way i have it now, couse meds are all under my insurance costing me nothing. In the US i'd probably have to pay insane amounts just for my meds, and small quantities at that.
They can't give you less than 28 in the UK. I think he slipped up. You cam however choose to "sell back" some of your holiday if your employer has a buy back scheme.
Every job I’ve had pays full pay when sick up to 6 months (over a week with a doctor’s note). Every job I’ve had pays full pay for a year for maternity leave. I think part of the reason the laws here are so vague and seem mediocre is because basically most companies far exceed them so there isn’t a great push to change them.
I was working with a zero hour contract had a very bad accident so off work I had 6wks paid full wages then £100 which is SSP all in a zero hour contract
In Austria, the employer has to pay full salary for 6 to 12 weeks, depending on how long you've worked for them. After that, you get 80% for 4 weeks. Then the social insurance (which is compulsory) pays you 60%, until you've been sick for 26 weeks if you've been working less than 6 months out of the last year, , or 52 weeks if you worked more than 6 months. I'm not sure what happens after that, but I suspect that after being sick for that long you'd be eligible for disabled benefits.
UK here, at the start of COVID I was recommended to isolate for 15 weeks. My employer gave me full pay during those 15 weeks. My employer..... Wal*Mart. Also your confusion on the two days prenatal appointments, these were specific to the father so they could attend two prenatal appointments supporting the mother.
When my father died I turned up to work but when my boss here in Perth told me to take a week off paid by the company so I was able to go Adelaide for my dad's funeral. This was before bereavement leave. Trade unions got a lot of our benefits but they're not as strong as they used to be but our government to some extent is somewhat compassionate. There are also other benefits if you're unemployed, sick or have a disability. And then there's a very good health system. But of course you'll still get a lot of people grumbling.
As a new employee you can have slightly fewer days, normally 24. But when passed probation period goes up to 28. This then can increase after been working within a company for a qualifying period of time. We also have special leave, normally 10 days. To be used in event of death immediate family/partner. Also maternity/pertainity leave
Dude, for someone so young you have such an open mind which the US would usually condition you to suppress. Je suis d’accord avec the previous comment; come here and study. ✌️❤️🏴🇬🇧🏳️🌈
Work-life balance laws in Italy: - Full time is 40 hours per week by law (company can make it less, not more. The company I work for is 37.5 hours per week). The employer cannot contact you in any way out of your work hours, it's illegal - If the emplyer ask you to work more than 40 hours, you can refuse. If you accept all those hours are considered "extraordinary work hours" and are paid DOUBLE - Minum wage (for any job, no matter what, ANY), after taxes are removed (so the real money you bring home) is 14 euro per hour (15.1 $) - 25 days of 100% paid vacation. Employee choose when use 15 of these days sending an official written communication to the employer at least 1 month in advance and he cannot refuse. It's totally illegal for the employer to contact the employee during vacation. The other 10 days are choosen by the employer. If the employer doesn't say to the emplyee when he/she must take those 10 vacation days, the employee will have 10 additional free days the next year (25+10 instead of 15+10) - 36 weeks of 100% paid parental leave. - 12 100% paid hoilday days: 1 january, Easter monday, 25 april, 1 may, 2 june, 15 august, 2 november, 8 december, 24-25-26 december, 31 december, city birthday (depends on the city you are). If you work in one of these days (example a restaurant or night club that organizes party at 31 december) you're paid double. If one of these holdays ends up in a day that is usually a day off (saturday and sunday for most companies) you get one additional paid day in your check because of "holiday not enjoyed" - UNLIMITED 100% paid sick days. If you make a doctor certify your sickness (and it costs ZERO because of our universal health care system) you can stay home and get paid until you're not sick anymore. You must stay home because you can get a surprise check from a job doctor to ensure you're not faking it. If you have to go out for urgent things (like going to a doctor or buy essential goods like food) you send an email to the job doctor indicating the hour of leave and come back to home
As a UK employer the last thing I want is workers coming into work and spreading an infection. We enforce sick policy so contractually we pay 10 days sick.per annum after week 1 you need a Dr's note more than 10 days we pay Statutory Sick Pay which is the Government contribution. If the illness is serious our insurance kicks in and we will pay salary until the employee is better, up to 6 months..if an employee dies death in service pays 3 times annual.salary to the family. If an employee gets a terminal disease, a portion of this is paid whilst they are still alive.
It's good that you can see the divide and conquer tactics that are used. If everyone is fighting each other over red team vs blue team, then nobody is paying attention to the people in charge re-writing the rules to make it better for themselves and worse for both sides.
You can get less than 28 days holiday in the UK if your contract says you have to work public holidays, but you do get more money, I've worked a few bank holidays in the UK, I usually got either treble time, or double time and a day off in leu, so technically, you could have to work all 8 Bank Holidays in the year.
It's very easy. When you need time off in my job you just go on the system and select the reason. Annual leave, medical or dental, other. It goes through to your manager who approves it. I currently get 41.5 days annual leave. I also only work a 4 day week due to condensed working
I think the saying iss work to live not live to work lol
YES thats it
So very true x
GOD BLESS AMERICA 😂
Since people got rid of the super cheap labor back in the days... they made the labor laws as horrible as possible to only favour the owners to keep workers as cheap as possible and forced to work as much as possible with as little benefits as possible. Owner comes first.
The US labor system is pretty much a modern version of slavery. The employee is NEVER right, its always the boss that is right and can never be wrong, and has ALL the power over the sla.. workers lives.
In the EU or almost all in Europe it’s the quality of life. Healthy family welfare which is also the backbone of a healthy country.
A relative of mine (from Finland) is a business owner in the US. In addition to full medical and dental coverage and even though he didn’t have to, he started following Finnish work practices with his employees:
- If he hires a trainee, the trainee period is maximum 4 months and after that he owes the worker at least 4 months of paid work (double the training period).
- Paid minimum 1.5 months of vacation
- Paid sick leave
- 40h work week (includes two 15min coffee breaks and 30min lunch break per day)
- There’s rarely need for overtime and he won’t force anyone
- The first 8 hours of overtime are worth 1.5 times your normal pay. After that it’s double.
- Sundays are double salary, so if you did 48 hours of work before Sunday, you’ll make three times your normal hourly pay on Sunday.
- He encouraged his workers to form a union just in case, so the power balance would always be fair even if he isn’t their boss anymore.
And there’s more. When he started doing this, he was called insane, a communist and told that the workers would become lazy and bankrupt him.
Wrong! Productivity shot up 250% in just six months. Employee loyalty is so high that he has started taking their laptops from them when they were sick, because the productivity and the respect for their boss is so high that people would work from home while sick.
I was the only UK employee at a US company. I had to introduce them to some of the employment laws here. I worked for them for seven years, which were actually pretty good, but the owners then sold the company to a VC, and everything changed. They decided that everyone was to be on .'employment at will' contracts', which are illegal in the UK I refused to sign mine, so I was let go. Unfortunately for them, they didn't know that if you are dismissed, for any reason, it has to be done within a legal framework. They didn't follow the law, and it cost them a year's salary. I got to have the rest of the year off, spending my accumulated air-miles.
This happened to a family member of mine. One of 4 UK employees for a US business they 'fired' everyone for refusing to sign a 'self employed' contract which is illegal under UK tax law, they sued, the company was fined and had to pay several hundred thousand out to each because of long service and also the entire pension contribution until they retired..
I'm from the UK and when my dad died, i wasn't given a specific time off work it was just agreed to come back when I was ready (I was paid in full for that time off). Also my dad died abroad so I had to go over to that country. When I came back to work they paid me an extra £200 to help towards the costs of that, which I wasn't expecting and was a really nice gesture.
I’m not patriotic but what I’m reading from these comments makes me soooo proud. We have out problems but one thing we do have is care for each other, even if we don’t know one and other. Sorry for your loss xx
my condolences, thank you for sharing.
Sorry for the loss of your farther… that’s a good company it’s things like that, that make us a loyal worker
in my country if a 1st (parents, spouse, child) of 2nd degree (sibling) relative dies, you get 3 paid days off and depending on the employer or circumstances you may get more. for other relatives you can get 1 day off to attend the funeral.
You were lucky. I too am in the UK and had to use holidays when my Dad died. My colleague was given a week off paid when her cousin died. So it’s entirely down to employer. And clearly mine was unfair
I think the holiday part in the UK confused you as the mandated 28 days can include the 8 national holidays. So 28 days is the minimum. The company I own part of gives up to 36 days holiday a year including the 8 bank holidays depending on length of service.
I unfortunately lost my mum from cancer while working for a large corporation. My boss called me into the office on the day my dad called my work to let me know. The boss sorted me a taxi ride home and told me to take as long off as I needed but she didn't expect to see me for 2 weeks. If I needed anything to let her know.
I had a mini stroke and work paid me full pay for 6 months and never once pushed me to return to work.
And this is why we are called GREAT BRITAIN… ❤️❤️❤️ sorry you lost your mum 😢 xx
I used to work for a company that gave the mandatory 28 days but you could also work up an extra two lieu days per month giving yourself potentially an extra 12 days holiday per year.
I had similar experiences, I had time off when my parents were ill and took time off when they died. Company was supportive, I was on fall pay and I didn't have to use my holiday allowance.
In addition to this there were no hospital bills to worry about.
In a five year period we must have had an ambulance out to us about a dozen times at least. Both had surgeries, were in and out of intensive care.
I would hate to think what it would be like if we were in the US.
@@jemsjemski533 Truss is planning to end all this.
I caught covid November, 2022. Ended up on a ventilator and 4 months of work. Never lost any money and direct manager called me regularly, to make sure I was ok and if my work could help me any way. Makes you grateful to be British.
I'm on leave this week because my boss made me take it. I've only taken one day off since March because this year kind of got away from me so my boss hauled me over the coals and basically forced me to take the next available week. I can only carry 10 days over to my next leave year, which starts on Saturday, so I've used up the excess this week. I get 33 leave days a year and, to be honest, rarely use them all. So, next year, I'll have 43 paid leave days. When my husband got ill and passed away, my employer wouldn't let me go back to work until I had an assessment to say I was fit to work. That took 3 months during which I received full pay. I also received full pay for the 3 months I spent looking after my husband before he passed. My employer's main concern was my wellbeing not rushing me back to work before I was fit. Add that to the fact that his medical treatment was under the NHS so didn't cost us anything, and I'm very grateful that I live in the UK and not the USA where I would undoubtedly have lost my job, my home and, probably, have gone bankrupt due to medical costs. I could weep for what Americans have to deal with - it's just not right that the richest country in history doesn't look after its citizens.
My dad did something like this, but he was also able to "earn" more days off by working overtime. He ended up with 68 days off in one year. My mam was fuming. She likes the occasional day off with him, but in her words "I can't take a full week, I'm pieing him off to you kids for a few days, look after your pappa for me won't ya!" Needless to say my sister and I found as many faults in our homes as possible to keep him occupied (he's not a man who can sit at home and do nothing, it's why he worked so much overtime)
That's probably why it's so rich!
@@MsPinkwolf Why some people are rich and the majority are not.
Hmmm! Land of the Free, isnt exactly FREE.
A while ago i told my American girlfriend about a few of the UK workers rights. She was amazed, and so were her family when she told them. I agree with what you said, the more people who spread the word the better.
Thats was as i thought. These lots of comments circulating now in YT about the differences between the Americans and EU’s hopefully will help the Americans see the realities of life. Capitalists scammed them. Even last year if I made comments about EU universal healthcares and affordable educations i was being attacked as Socialists therefore link to communists. I can’t respond further but felt sorry for them. It’s now The Awakening and glad on this.
Why are american unions not spreading the word?
@@David-um8tb Well I'd guess that companies in America are scamming workers telling them that they can't afford them to have rights. If most of the developed world can do this and still be profitable why can't America. The Unions should be seeing through this and pushing for universal rights so that all companies in the US can work on a level playing field.
@@theotherside8258 because the unions are extremely small or non existant
It never ceases to amaze me how ignorant Americans are of the world.
They really do think we live in poverty and caves
I'm from Brazil. Right on Christmas last year I got really sick, high fever and all, and had to take a sick leave from work for like 10 days. None of it was taken off my paycheck OR my annual leave (in Brazil we have 30 days of mandatory paid leave, for vacation time). And I got all of my treatment for free at the public hospital.
Aussie here :) My hubby works in a specialist fire fighting field. He is made to take a month off (on full pay) every 3 months. Down to 9 mths a year to work. He also works a 4 days on, 4 days off roster. so halve that 9 mths, 4.5 months of actual work. Oops, forgot the fact that he gets 10 days paid sick leave and 5 days careers leave and as many days of personal days (stress leave) a required to maintain his mental heath all on full pay. BEST JOB EVER!
You did forget that when the shit hits the fan, like in 2019 (i'm south coast NSW) It's all hands on deck, the same with the floods this year. but none of the State run fire services, SES or CFA would ever take time off at times like that, even Tony Abbout the Ex-Prime Minster was hard at work with the CFA. Unlike Scomo who pissed off on holidays thinking it was not his job, he should have been giving the services 100% of his time.
I’m on the UK, had some bad luck with. Sickness this year, off 3 times for a total of 8 weeks. I got full pay for all of it. I also get 38 days holiday a year as well.
I'm about to blow your mind - I'm from the UK and I have 28 days paid holidays, plus I was allowed to buy extra holiday, so got the maximum of 10 days. I also get the regular national holidays (called bank holidays here) which were 10 this year (2 extra for the Queen's Jubilee and when she died). Total of 48 days off work. Boom! And that doesn't include sickness. If I'm ill and have to be off work, it doesn't come out of my annual leave. Evan Edinger is a great one to watch and react to, highly recommended.
Birthday as well? We get that off where I work.
It baffles me that Americans may not be interested in other cultures. I'm totally the opposite. Loved Japan, it was so different than anywhere I've been. Loved Germany as it's just chilled and the food is great. Same with Italy, Greece etc.
I believe Evan is from New Jersey.
Your confusion with Paternity Leave is quite complicated to explain. You say to your boss "I have an appointment at hospital on Friday for a baby scan", the boss replies "Ok. See you on Monday.". Job done.
"Hey, my kid is sick."
"Ok, that means you get the 1st day off to give you a chance to organize care for your kid the coming days."
@@DarkTider wha NO, xD at least in germany that means U get to be home to Care for UR child and if its sick for the whole week u get to leave for that week. Organizing care, ur the mother UR the care lol
Or he says "if you take a day off, you're sacked!"
The point is, in the USA (New Jersey or anywhere else) that is a possibility and you have no recourse in law to prevent that.
In the UK, you say "my wife is going for a scan on Friday!"
That's it! You don't even have to wait for a reply. You're protected in law.
@@DarkTider mean while in the UK
My kids is sick
Oh so your of sick
Eeerrrnm yer I guess
@@madyottoyotto3055Get a better job.
I took three days off recently for mental health (big personal stress impacting physical and mental health), and my employer was understanding, which was amazing. Also, here in Scotland I can get free prescriptions, and eye tests, which are a blessing.
Paid for by U.K. tax payers and that of course includes the Scottish. I am English and now retired and get free prescriptions as do the unemployed and those on benefits which put together just in England is more people here get free prescriptions than the whole population of Scotland.
Nothing is free, full stop.
@@Ulysses_DM_ you miss the point.
@@JohnHollands I don't think so, its good to have a employer allow for time off but therer is a expectation of improved performance because of said time off. Nothing is free.
@@Ulysses_DM_ such a US view.
Here in New Zealand as with everywhere else outside of America we have workers rights written into law. We get sick leave, annual leave (minimum 4 weeks), public holidays, bereavement leave, parental leave, which are ALL paid! And another system that pays you if you have an accident and need time off work, and it also covers ALL related medical as well.
I worked for a company in NZ, that was taken over by an Aussie company, every chance they had, they would do their best to whittle down our rights and annual leave.
@@desrender4893 There's even NZ companies that want to do that but the workers rights are protected by law.
For the maternity/paternity leave part. The mother gets to take paid time off work for most routine prenatal appointments. The father can only take paid time off work for 2 routine prenatal appointments, like scans. Obviously if it's a non routine or an urgent appointment or a more complicated pregnancy situation then most UK employers will allow time off for the fathers (or non pregnant partner) to support their pregnant partners.
There are so so many Americans now interested in what goes on in the UK and the extreme differences,so many u tubers making these kind of channels!
When my Dad died, my cousin (blood cousin, my Dad's niece) took time off work and told them she'd be back in "whenever" claiming she was really close to my Dad (she wasn't, not really).
Anyway, after two weeks her boss called her and asked her if she was any closer to giving them a date she would be back in. She told them "whenever I'm still grieving". "OK," said her boss.
The week after on Saturday her boss called again and she said "still grieving" her boss explained the fair amount of time rule but informed her "we would say it's fair when your manager saw you in town last night staggering from pub to pub, dressed up and singing at the top of your voice telling your friends what an amazing time you were having and how great it is to be off work and partying all the time. So we'll see you Monday?"
She had to agree of course but I think her employer was more than fair because she could have been sacked but I think other than risk getting an unfair dismissal (every grieves differently, she would no doubt have tried to say) they just basically embarrassed her into admitting she was ready to come back to work without having to admit she was caught scamming.
25:30 you can take sick leave/medical leave for YOUR doctors appointments/illness-stuff. This is talking about a soon-to-be father. The prenatal checkups where you look on ultrasound pictures and the mom goes "aaaaaaw" are NOT a medical requirement for the father. He isn't pregnant after all, so this stipulates that the father can accompany his breeding partner to two of these appointments. Thats what that law means.
Goes without say that a lot of UK employers (at least the employers of most of my Island friends, Im not from the UK myself), especially if you had a productive relationship with them, will be fine with you driving and accompanying your wife or gf to the doctor when she's pregnant more than those two times. You know, like any decent human being would.
Im in uk and actually have covid at the minute. I rang my employer on Monday and they said get well soon and don’t come back until you have a negative test (absolutely no proof needed). And I know I’ll be paid my FULL wage and I can get better stress free!!
Sometimes I hate the UK but sometimes we don’t know how good we’ve got it!!
For now - some workers have the benefit of workers' rights in the UK, but The C & U Party is being forced by the ERG to scrap all Worker & Human Rights. Meanwhile, many workers are obliged to take short contracts or zero-hour contracts or work several part-time jobs & therefore do not qualify for many of the Worker Rights that full time employees are entitled to. Also, in the UK there is a minimum wage rather than a living wage requirement which is not linked to inflation - ergo many full-time workers cannot afford adequate housing or food to feed their families. Hospitals have even set up food banks to supplement the meagre wages of their health workers & support staff.
@@MazzaEliLi7406 We're drifting that way now. The company I work for is US financed even though technically it's British. Our starting wage is the new living wage and we've been told to consider any bonuses we may earn as part of our wage settlement, even though it's unlikely to be paid because of the targets set. This is an engineering firm. As expected we are having a lot of trouble attracting new employees or keeping them, I'm only hanging on for when the factory inevitably fails, do not want to lose 16 years redundancy at my age.
@@quietdavedevon Hang on in there! Never let the B******s grind you down. Workers of the world unite!
@@MazzaEliLi7406 No, they are not at all. Stop reading the Guardian
@@sandersson2813 Start reading the UK governments own publications which is where I get my information. If I get any information via Reuters I check it against Bank of England Or Interantional Monetary Fund publications. The Medical Associations also have a good deal of information to draw from. The CBI is another source of information. I could go on - but the list is long. An apology would be appreciated.
What is hard to understand is that you can work for a US company in the UK and they can accommodate all these workers rights. But my colleagues in the US didn't. E.g. I'd get 25 days, plus public holidays. US employees in the same job had 10 days holiday a year 🤔
Exactly. Interesting to compare McDonald's workers wages in different countries. In the US it's around $7/hour and to pay more would send the company broke (they say) but here in Australia they are paid $25/hour and Maccas isn't going broke. Go figure.
@@JohnHollands it’s pure,unfiltered greed
Yep, if you want to operate in the UK you have to obey our laws..
Unions (at least in my country) are not only to protect the employee in his relationship with the employer but also to protect the employee in his relationship with the government.
So if the government tries to adopt unreasonable laws (which can harm the employee's interest) is the union's job to negotiate with the government and, as a last resort organize protests or even strikes.
Which of course that enough people are unionized so that the union have some form of leverage, and that is the problem with the US where so few are unionized that few unions have any leverage (except say the police union which have extreme leverage since basically close to 100% of the cops in the US are members).
Some unions forget theya re there for the people, its like a gravy train the film I'm Alright jack gives a good idea of when unions go wrong
@@Henrik_Holst strength in numbers.
@@Greenwood4727 yes some people see their union as a way for them to enter politics.
I have major respect for always trying to be open minded & objective well done 👏
28...mandatory leave. They can't lesser the day they get sued and lose their jobs!!! But companies offers more than 28 days I believe.......some countries(most of them) pay you if u work in a weekends or holidays of course its not mandatory but many prefere take them as leave, if I work a Saturday I can take off the Monday ...sometimes at the end of the year we r called by human resources and asks us to take more days because we worked more than we r supposed....and that give us more weeks for long vacations or long holidays like Christmas or New year....I rather take my weekend free rather than working because here in France we have 5 weeks.
I just went back to work after a week with Covid... The only thing I had to do was taking an official test, phone to my doctor, get an attest, send it to my boss and tell him that I was ill.
Have you thought about studying abroad? That should be a great experience.
I tested positive in February, had no symptoms (3rd vaccination was in December), since we all received an ipad from our company in 2020, I worked from home during the 10 days of quarantine. (telephone service and back office)
Yes! Do it! We’re a nice bunch in the UK! Come and study abroad! You will not regret it!
@@manub.3847 But you are not supposed to work when off with COVID. You ripped yourself off 😂
In the UK I got 3 days off because my pet died. If I lost a close relative for example mum, dad, a brother or sister or child I would get 3 weeks bereavement leave. Or Grief sick leave, as some people call it. That's reasonable.
I’m from the UK if I’m off on paid leave and I get sick I get all my leave days back to take another time.
Maternity/paternity rights in the uk, to clarify… women get 9 month paid away from work. I can’t remember the ratio but I believe you get pay for 6 months and then it goes down to a smaller government funded amount a week. Still keeps you afloat with a new child in the household! Men get 2 weeks and got 2 weeks full pay. Anti natal appointments for women are fully paid, because we don’t get to choose an appointment time with NHS and my partner was always paid for attending appointments with me! There was never any issue with him being able to attend appointments or take time with his new baby and get criticism with work… in fact they sent us a huge bouquet of flowers and loads of gifts! I’m gobsmacked at how hard life is in America…
The term work-life balance refers to finding a balance between work, private life and other areas of life. The focus of work-life balance is a job that fulfills you, a happy family or private life, a healthy body and much more.
Your employer doesn't have to pay you when you're sick but you can get statuary sick pay (which was the money from the government he mentioned) so you get something. Good employers will pay you but they don't have to. If you're paid in full you won't get statuary sick pay on top of that
the prenatal visits do not count against your holidays, or time off, so you can go to the appointments without losing any holiday time
If the young educated people in the US started immigrating to better countries that might get the government/corporations' attention...
Hi from the UK 👋 🇬🇧 my wife was off work for a year and a half with cancer the first year was paid at 100 % then six months at 50 % then she went back to her job that they had to keep open for her
In Australia we also get long service leave. Govt workers get 3 months paid leave after 7 years, some industries pay it after 10 years and others 15 years. So much for the American dream, it's the American nightmare! Australia is a long way from Europe, UK and Europe and we travel there. Companies have to pay 9% of annual leave into a superannuation fund for a employee's annual salary. 10 days sick leave, 20 days annual leave, plus 10 days public holidays, maternity leave, bereavement leave etc.
Another big difference is that in the UK we have laws regarding unfair dismissal, you can’t just fire someone on the spot or for being sick or for deliberately making their work environment so toxic that they have no option but to quit.
I tell you about WLB (work live balance) in Germany, my personal story. I am working a little under 38 hours a week, have 30 payed vacation days and stay (paid) home when I am sick. I don't work to be the best employee or the best of my colleagues, but just to get my job done. When a task is not done until work is over, I continue the next day. This means I can spend the rest of the day with family, friends or even hobbys. My employer knowns, when there is a good balance between work and life (work not too much, earn enough and have time to enjoy life and family), I'll be a more motivated, more efficient and even more happier worker and this is what my employer benefits from. A balance between doing job and recharging the batteries. A balance between being happy and help my employer to succeed in his aims.
In some northern Europe countries, people work just 4 days a week without any loss of efficiency and work quality
My friend (UK) had only taken off 3 days and when it got to October he was forced to start taking days off. He had to meet the minimum of 20 days. It's a legal requirement. I think in some places you can do 18 in one year then get 22 the next year. We had unlimited holidays but you still had to take a minimum of 20
Yeah I've done that a few times had to take all my holidays at once coss I forgot to take them lol 😂 😂
Yes, a couple of weeks ago my manager called me in and forced me to book off the 8.5 days I had left this year before Christmas, which is why I’m taking the 2nd week of October off - there’s still a chance we might have decent weather. I’ve also got the week between Christmas and New Year booked off, and this year I took off the week after Easter, and the first and last weeks in August, and a few odd days elsewhere.
A lot of UK employers won't allow an employee to carry over any or much leave to the new working year and this is the reason a lot of bosses encourage their staff to "spend" their annual leave allowance before the next year.
@@jeanproctor3663 depends on your contract really. If it states you can carry over then you can. If not you have to take your full time that year or lose it altogether. Employers will want to make sure you use it in case they’re threatened with some lawsuit of not allowing employees to take their allotted time (you just know someone’s tried it and won because of lack of proof the employer didn’t do this).
My office outright stated in my contract I couldn’t carry days over, until the contracts moved to unlimited holidays
NOT MEANT AS AN INSULT
But my genuine impression of USA is that it is a 3rd rate, or worse, country in every way that matters. The puzzle is that your politicians and education system convinces most USA citizens that they live in the best country, or even the only country, in the world. And also that you are taught you have "government by the people for the people " whilst meekly accepting "government by the corrupt for the greedy".
In Australia we have similar conditions to the UK. We have 10 days paid Sick Leave per year. These days are paid at the normal rate. We have 4 weeks of paid Holiday Leave per year at normal salary. We also receive a loading of 17.5 % on top of the Holiday Leave. This is an extra 17.5 % of salary paid on top of the Holiday Leave. The Minimum Wage for an adult over 21 here is $21.38 per hour. We get up to 18 weeks Paternity Leave which is paid at the Minimum Wage rate ($812 per week). Partners can take 2 weeks Paternity Leave at the Minimum Wage. Most of these conditions were achieved over many decades by Unions and the Union-affiliated Labor Governments. Cheers.
not bad, but in Germany we have similar conditions to the UK. The employer must continue to pay wages for a maximum of six weeks or 42 calendar days. If the employee is still ill beyond these six weeks, he usually receives sick pay from his health insurance fund. In this case, however, it is then no longer the full average salary, but usually 70 percent of gross earnings. For example, someone who breaks a leg and takes sick leave because of it, and then comes down with flu on their first day of work and takes sick leave again because of it, is again entitled to six weeks of continued pay. We have 30 days (6 weeks) of paid vacation per year at our normal rate of pay. We also receive a €1,200 premium on top of our vacation entitlement. I personally had additionally full 13th and 14th month salary for over 30 years. (Bonus and so-called Christmas bonus) Parental leave is available to both parents equally. It may be divided between the two for a total of three years or taken jointly. So you can take three years of paternity leave before your child's 3rd birthday or in parts (max. 24 months) also in the period between your child's 3rd and 8th birthday. How long you want to apply for parental leave in each of these periods is entirely up to you.
In answer to your question about annual leave the 28 days only applies if you are working full time, if you essentially only work half a week you are technically only entitled to 14 days but it's done on days/hours worked so 3 days a week entitles you to 3/5 of the annual holiday entitlement etc etc. I'm fairly lucky my company starts at 25 days + 8 days bank holidays and next year I will be up to 29 days + bank holidays.
In the UK you can get time off for medical treatments or scans for yourself and as its not the "man" who is getting the prenatal ultrasound his presence isn't necessary so they had to add an exception to allow him to take time off to accompany the mother for their scans.
4:00 The German system is a little bit different. In 1883 Chancellor Otto von Bismarck issued the first Health Insurance Bill, which made statutory health insurance obligatory for all people whose wages were below a certain threshold, amended by a Accident Insurance Bill in the same year, and and Old Age and Disability Insurance Bill (a statutory pension insurance) in 1889. (In 1891 a trade law amendment also constituted the work-free Sunday as worker's right.) The rules were somewhat adjusted since then, but the system as such is still in operation. If you are sick, you have up to three days (depending on your employment contract) to get a doctor's note. In most cases you can simply give notice to your employer (or team boss), if you are sick for only one day and back the next day, and you are done. If you have a doctor's note (which is called an "Arbeitsunfähigkeits-Bescheinigung", a "certificate of incapacity for work", costs you no money and states the number of days you are expected to be unable to work), you get up to 6 weeks of sickness your normal wage (as agreed upon in your employment contract). Small enterprises (up to 30 employees) are refunded by the health insurance. If you are sick for more than 6 weeks, you get instead "Krankengeld" (sick money), which is up to 70% of your wage and paid by your health insurance.
Sick days are not holidays. If you have filed a holiday leave and get sick during your holiday, you can actually get a doctor's note, and the days you are sick will not be counted as holidays - so you get those days back to enlengthen your next holiday. If you have a fulltime job, you have a legal claim for at least (paid) 24 workdays per year as holiday (most companies will grant however 30 days). Parttime jobs get a claim fitting to the percentage: a half-time job will get at least 12 workdays (if working full days; if working half days, you'll get at least 24 half days). (While in the US parttime jobs mostly lose at least most of the holidays fulltime jobs would get.)
German enterprises are very capable of competing with another and internationally, including successfully competing with US companies - so this system does not weaken them in any way, on the contrary. Most companies will therefore not allow you at all in the office if you are sick.
12:30 The US being so big may be a reason for not to go to another country for holiday, but it is surely no reason for not going elsewhere for holiday at all. Many Germans did go for holiday to (somewhere else in ) Germany these last few years (some do it anyway, but mostly now due to Covid), and if the US is so big, why not going for at least two weeks of holiday to another state? That is, if you are able and allowed to take at least 2 weeks of holiday at a stretch at least once a year (most Europeans do it twice per year).
25:50 Germany has a mandatory medical leave for pregnant women for at least 6 weeks before the scheduled date of birth (if the work conditions or health problems could endanger the life of mother or child, the employment ban starts even earlier) and 8 weeks after birth. If the mother does wish it explicitly and the employer accedes to it, exceptions are possible. The mother is paid her normal wage during this time, which is fully refunded to the employer by her health insurance. Both parents are entitled to up to 36 months of unpaid leave each up to the third birthday of the child; up to 24 months of that time can be transferred to the years between the 3rd and the 8th birthday. During the first year parents can also apply for a parental allowance paid by the state to compensate for income loss due to unpaid leave (the allowance is paid for up to 12 + 2 months).
We offer "unlimited holiday" backed by a "don't take the piss" policy... Haven't had to call anyone for abusing it yet.
We do set a hard minimum of 28 days as that's our legal obligation, so I often find myself nagging people to take holiday at the end of the year.
3:34 Here in Germany if you are sick you go to the doctor who will give you an Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung (a note for your employer and your insurance that you're sick - or injured - and a timeframe for how long you will be off work). You receive 100 % for up to 6 weeks from the employer, and if you're sick for longer - which is not so much the case if you're ill but can be the case if you're injured - the insurance takes over and pays 80 % for up to 72 weeks (yep, the 6 weeks and the 72 weeks add up to one and a half year of being off work).
Speaking going to work while you're sick...that's a big no no because you might infect your co-workers. Employers have to take care of the employees. One example: If there are risks to the health of employees the employer has to deal with the situation or the employees can refuse to work at all without repercussions to protect their own health. An employer who forces his employees to work alongside a co-worker who has an infectious disease is violating his duties and can get in serious legal troubles. It is in fact the duty of the employer to protect employees from infections and send people who are sick to the doctor.
Sick days are never taken off your payed vacation days btw.
18:25 Here in Germany that is not a "if you want to", the employer has to make sure that you do use all your vacation days.
The sheer amount of control your corporations have over your government and general population is kinda nuts. Like, we _have_ lobbying here in the UK too - but it's nowhere _near_ as powerful as yours seems to be. At the end of the day our politicians know if they too often side with the corporations and _don't_ do what the _people_ want, we'll just oust them pretty quickly and replace them with someone who _will_ do as _we the people_ say. The power is swung heavily in favour of the general population. And the success of unionization in our country has ensured that workers actually _get_ rights and that they're protected. That's not to say there aren't issues - corporations get their own way often enough too, and are allowed to get away with abusing all kinds of loopholes in our laws to benefit themselves. Like Google not paying its UK tax bill properly (along with other UK based companies), or GCHQ (our equivalent to your NSA) being allowed to collect _huge_ amounts of data on the citizens of this country - including data that _should_ be private and controlled by _us_ . But at the end of the day corporations don't _own_ the UK government on _nearly_ the scale as across the pond, and _can't_ actually sway elections in their favour like they can over in the USA with lobbying, donations and the Electoral College (it's amazing to me that this still exists, despite effectively being able to elect a new President independantly whilst never actually being made up of democratically elected members themselves, completely ignoring the votes of the country's _entire_ voting population).
Medical leave is seperate from prenatal visit leave. You have 2 prenatal visit leave days, seperate days for funerals, weddings etc. And just to add, medical leave generally doesn't have a limited amount of days, you just require a doctor's note after a certain time.
Sorry for the person you know who was sacked for having Covid, I 100% freaking guarantee if it happened here if they had a union, the union would smash that employers ass into the ground, and so would the government. (albeit a little slower)
and I'm telling you now if it happened to be a smaller business they'd probably end up being a no business.
The minority of people in UK are in unions.
They are protected by employment law, not union bullies.
here in Australia if you get Covid you contact the authorities and you if you have no employer sick leave left or are a casual workers who doesn't get it then the State gives you roughly $750 to cover you if you lost 20 hours or more because of the compulsory seven days quarantine
@@sandersson2813 Unions are only bullies if you let them and usually they become bullies because they have been bullied by employers.
@@ianmontgomery7534 Why does anyone care about covid anymore? The symptoms are nothing
@@ianmontgomery7534 You still have quarantine? Ha ha ha ha ha. For a cold?
Yes you can compare the unions to that, because if the majority of your workforce is unionized, the union reps walk into congress (or whoever makes laws in your country, i legit am not sure rn), tell them: "this this and this should be our rights, its the 21st century and this is the richest country in the history of mankind, we can afford to have at lest this stuff and if you don't give it to us, you are gonna have two weeks of general strikes on your hand." If these unions had the workforce portion necessary to grind the entire countries' economy to a halt (or at least a significant enough portion), you'd have a mandated minimum of pto, actual sick leave, maternity protections and a federal definition of the length of a full time work week in a matter of weeks. These rights we here in Europe have rn had to be fought for, they weren't handed to our (great-)grandparents on a platter.
Issue is that the US unions have been heavily ... ell, i guess tainted is appropriate, by the mob and such, even adopted some of the racket methods, like "You are only allowed to hire union members and have to do everyhting as we say, even if the union member doesn't mind doing it differently." See for example, GL's spat with the Directors Guild of America because Kershner didn't get opening credits after the LucasFilm logo.
Because the guild couldn't touch GL, they instead decided to fine Kershner. GL paid for him.
The vast majority of USA taxes are spent on the military (about a thousand military bases around the world) & armaments. Make of that what you will.
Here in Norway when we are sick, we get paid from day 1 when we are sick,after like 14 days while sick,we get 100 % salery while sick up to 1 year.If we are sick during our wacationdays,which are 4 week paid,we get those 4 weeks back when we are Well and back at work.
Will it get better over time?
I am going to be the pessimist on this issue and say that it's actually going to get worse. Why? Because it has been getting worse since I entered the work force in the late 80's. Back then, you didn't need a college education to get by as an adult.... you could work a retail job, one parent with the other staying home, and do fine. My father worked a good paying heavy labor job at a cement plant, earning close to $30/hr back then... so we lived quite well. He put down triple payments on the new house they bought, and paid it off in 10 years, which was quite the feat when the mortgage rates for a new homeowner back then were in the 19% range... yes... 19%.
We sacrificed family vacations and a lot of perks, but in the end, he shaved 20 years off his mortgage, and we still lived very well, with a nice big house, huge yard, etc.
Now compare that to today... where it's near impossible for one person with a $30/hr job to afford to own a home and provide for a family. Typically, both parents need to be working decent jobs just to get by, with prices as they are. It's been getting worse and worse, the greater the difference in wage increases vs inflation. One reason it's been getting worse, is the power that corporations hold over gov't policy. Money in politics buys votes. Votes change things, or keep things the same, depending on what the corporations want. In recent years, monopolies have become an ever-increasing threat to the price of products... hen one company controls all of one type of product, they can charge as much as they want. The monopoly laws of yesteryear do not apply to digital retail business the same way they used to apply to brick-and-mortar stores.... so mega corps, like Amazon, have been raking in immense profits by skirting these monopoly regulations. That trend will only get worse over time.
I fear that the speed at which the corps are growing, is too fast for how long it takes for legislation in the current political climate, to pass. Until they figure out a way to catch up... the disparity between costs, and wages, will only grow. The more corporations are in competition with each other, the more prices will begin to decline.
In Norway we have 4 weeks and 1 day vacation.
It's not just a right, but your duty, as well as the companies duty to make sure you take your vacation.
You can transfer 2 weeks for vacation next year, but then you must take at least 4 weeks and 1 day next year.
There are commonly agreements on union levels or company policy to have extra days for a full 5th week. Depending on agreements, Those days can be additional transferable, and even accumulated fur years, or they can be lost at the end of the year.
The employee have the rights to 3 weeks continuously vacation during summer, but the employer can say when, but it can be any time during the year, if both parties agree.
In Brazil we have 30 days of mandatory paid leave for a 40h to 44h per week job, plus a 13th extra payment in the end of the year.
Hete in NZ entitlement to sick leave can often be carried over to subsequent years if not used. In my case I was employed for some years without touching much of my sick leave so when I had a major health issue I was able to take over six months leave, sick leave padded out with a bit of annual leave which I had also accumulated. This had to be granted as of right and my job was still there when I returned to work. A really supportive system. Which fosters employee loyalty.
In Canada you are entitled to either 40 weeks of Maternity/paternity leave split between parents as desired at 55% pay, or up to 69 weeks at a lesser rate of pay for the person who is off.
Bereavement leave is 5 days, more if a Federal Employee.
Paid sick days are available but vary from 3 to 15 days a year depending on weather your work is controlled federally or provincially.
Generally in the UK companies will have a minimum of 20 days paid leave to start off with and then this is topped up with 4-5 bank \ public holidays. Some companies also give extra holidays if you have worked there for a longer period ie after working 5 years you are given another day, 10 years 2 days and so on. There is also compassionate leave when a loved one dies.
Most firms provide some kind of pension scheme that you join when you start. You are automatically enrolled and this may also provide a death in service payment should you die while employed by the firm at no extra cost to the employee.
My boss literally told me to go skiing last winter and I was NOT allowed to 'work from home'.
Correction, that is what American companies will do to make sure they don't have to pay you. In Europe, in many countries many companies know that happy staff work better, are more productive and less inclined to take time off.
When I was much much younger, my team won the Championship, my boss said to me the day before we won (it depended on certain results) that if we did win she'd book Monday as a sick day.
I asked why would she do that, and she just smiled and said well you'll probably stink up the office with booze breath and be next to useless anyway. Take a day.
I've also worked for a company that paid you if you didn't take your allocated time off, so you would of course get paid as normal for the time you actually worked, but if you had days over from your leave at the end of the year they would pay you those as well.
I kind of wonder why some companies don't try the European take on things, but then again for one they'd be a queue a mile long for every post, and 2ndly the local business would burn that place to the ground.
It always makes sense to me to keep a sick employee home. Resting up will get them well sooner and if they come into work sick, they'll infect everyone else and you lose many man hours.
There are more than 140.000 vacant apprenticeship places in Germany this year. You get payed between 550€ and 1000€ per month depending on the industry you're gong to work in. An apprenticeship normally lasts three years, payment increases every year. You definitely get a job after successfully complete your apprenticeship. You have to learn German - that's the downside.
Needless to say that you get payed sick leave, payed holidays and health insurance from the start.
35 Years ago we got told because as Australians we had 4 weeks paid annual leave a year and we have too be paid out when we change employment. We were working 38 hours a week (full-time) in 1987 .Hospitality worker in the U.S. still working 60 yes sixty hours a week. America was joke and so brainwashed that they had the best work conditions in the 🌎world. I've travelled (backpacked) alot of countries and know question what the U.S. is all about!
Plus about 8 days paid public holidays.
I have an American friend I met at a seminar once, we keep in touch, she works in the same field as me, but has to work tables in a diner to just be above the breadline. This is 2022. Nobody should need to work 8 hours a day and then pick up a shift at a diner to put food on the table.
@@helvete983 This was when I was I Hawaii. One staff member me.
At the accommodation were i was staying that he worked 60 hours a week ( 5 ×12 hours shifts). Then worked 16 ( 4 ×4 hour shifts at Restaurant) a week, too pay the bills. There wage was very low to many countries.
@@robertmurray8763 Ask most Americans today if Hawaii and Costa Rica are part of the US and they will say no. That's the ignorance and attitude
@@helvete983 Costa Rica part of the US?? 🤔
Let's say in Germany, you get sick on vacation, go to the doctor and get it confirmed, then you get those vacation days credited.
That is pretty much the opposite as in the USA! 🤔
It's the same in Sweden. I got sick during vacation, so sick that I ended up on full time sick leave for about 7 months. This was in July and at the end of the year I got all the vacation days paid in cash because well.. I couldn't take them as time off because I was already on sick leave.
Same in the UK, you can't be on leave and sick, and sickness overrides leave.
Same in UK
I'm from the U.K. and I get 30 days a year paid holiday. I also get to choose when I take my holidays as long as I give notice. One weeks notice for under a week and two weeks notice for a week or more. And I get paid for the time I'm off on holiday.
You are not allowed to work sick in some jobs, eg if you are in health care and get a stomach bug you are not allowed back until you have a clear faecal sample. (Nhs) .food premises also have rules. At least the good ones and factories.
I worked at a US company in UK. I had 1 month sick pay ( 100%) and after 1 month I was getting money from the Government. By the law the employer had no right to release me because I was sick. I know a few co-workers who were sick for the whole year or 6 months and they returned to work as if nothing happened. on top of that, I had 28 days paid holiday (required to take).
When you are pregnant in the UK and you have a doctor appointment to checking on your baby, your workplace demanded to let you go. But of course they will appreciate if you let them know minimum 72 hours before your appointment just to let them adjust in schedules or meeting wise if necessary. But actually a lot of workplace will let you go on your other doctor appointment (when you are not pregnant just sick or need a check-up) free in your work time if it's a short one. And maybe you just skip your lunch or work an extra half an hour or hour. Or you just use your loop hours etc. It's really depend on your workplace, team and your attitude.
The best thing about social media is that people are able to learn about other countries, and not just from a journalists perspective on news outlets.
It would take a big uprising for the US to change though, the rich are pulling the strings and have convinced the workers that socialism is evil. Too many believe the BS and because of that, are frightened of change.
His friend worked for Google in the UK and then moved to work for Google in the US and lost half his holidays after moving to the US (presumably working for the SAME company)
I'm Norwegian. I get 25 days of paid leave per year. Weekends don't count, so that's 5 weeks. Only 4 of those weeks are paid, but tax free so you end up with more money for those 5 weeks than you usually have anyway. On top of the 25 days are 10 bank holidays on avarage (days off but on set days, like christmas day etc). Also I can earn extra days off by working overtime, with a maximum of 24 days earned per year. 24 days is more overtime than most people are willing to work, but nice to have the option.
In Germany, you can be sick for many weeks with full pay. If you exceed 6 weeks of sick leave, you will receive a continued payment of wages from the statutory health insurance fund in the amount of 70% of the net salary for a maximum of 72 weeks. After that, you receive unemployment benefit from the state for 1 1/2 years and after that the state would pay citizen benefit in the amount of 530 euros plus rent plus additional costs indefinitely
If you take less, you can often "sell" unused holiday entitlement back to the employer, or carry it over to the following year. There are contractual limits on the number of days you can sell or carry forward; it's always best to use them if you can, sell if you can't and as a last resort carry forward - reason for this is you're just kicking the ball down the street if you carry forward and still have a full year entitlement next year in addition to the carry forward.
I live in the UK, and years ago I had cancer , I was off work for 4 months, I had full pay for the whole 4 months and my treatment was with the NHS.. National Health Service, so it didn't cost me for my operation or medication. We pay tax and also national insurance, that cover these.
How does it work? Canadian here; not UK but I imagine it's the same there as I know it to be.
Mom makes an OB appointment with her doctor. Dad gives the employer the day off notification saying "I won't be in on this day. Baby has an ultra sound/doc appointment".
That's it.
Living in Berlin and have 28 (my friend even 32) days of vacation from the very beginning I´ve started at the company. The minimum in Germany is 20 but that is basic almost nobody dares to offer. Plus of course we have 10 days off on all state/bank holidays (not applied to workers in service like hotels, restaurants etc.). Sickdays - calling sick for one or two days is not included, you usually need the sick note from the doctor from three day on...
The reason employers can give "less than mandated holiday" is that many employers still need staff on bank holidays. "Essential workers" if you will (or service industries that will operate on these days due to huge demand)
I work in care, so we can't just take a day off. Our services are needed 24/7, so staff need to come in on bank holidays (xmas, new year etc etc)
The compromise here is compensation.
Time and a half is the most common (so, if you'd be paid £10/h, you'll get £15/h) but rates vary, I've had double pay before and I know it can go higher.
In Australia it's called sick leave, as long as you have time there you can have sick leave and carers leave too. I can ask compassion leave too. I can have 4-6 annual leave and I have long service leave too.
Some companies can pay their own sick pay rates.... however you can apply for government SSP..... statutory sick pay. This is based at approx £53 to £76 per week somewhere around this level. SSP is the basic sick pay rate that everyone working is entitled to. It also aligns with basic job seekers benefit rate in the UK. It is barely enough for energy bills and is no way near enough to pay mortgages. In the UK you can self certify for up to a week, more than 7 days in a row then a doctors note is required to receive sick pay benefits..
Most companies will allow you to do overtime at basic rate according to your contract to make up the hours sick so you can receive the full amount before earning overtime at times 1.5 or x2 rate.
Prenatal appointments are just like a doctors appointment, they are scheduled, you just notify your manager/hr about it to ensure there isn't a issue (I don't know of a case where it has been refused when I was working in admin) its usually paid and noted in payroll somewhere. Most people try to schedule appointments outside of working hours when possible but most places in the UK appreciate that we are human and have lives outside of work.
In Australia we get 20 business days as holidays plus public holidays(about 10) plus 10 days personal leave (sick) cumulative so if u don’t use them this year they get included. So next year I have 20 days leave. These are the minimum that every employee is entitled to. You can get more depending on the job e-gift u work shift work then u get 5weeks holiday as a minimum.
Hey mate, in Australia we have 4 weeks (20 days) but instead of HAVING to use them, they roll over from year to year.
He didn't explain the holiday entitlement very well. he 5.6 weeks manadated can include the 8 days public holidays. However, some employers give you the5.6 weeks and still allow the 8 days paid bank holidays.
@26:00 the 2 days for prenatal exams he's talking about are for the _father_ (i.e. to accompany the mother). The mother can of course take as much PTO as required.
some companies require you to work through some bank holidays ,shift work jobs like mine for an example, often they do something to make up for this though. Where I work will pay you overtime for working through bank holidays by default it's either 1.5x or 2x pay depending on the day. I also work a 4 on 4 off shift which when coupled with my default 26 days payed holiday means I only actually technically work around 5.2 months of the year. on top of that an added bonus with the 4on4off work pattern is I only need to book 4 days off if I want to go on a 12 day holiday.
He misspelled what he meant. He meant that they have 28 mandated days but employeer can give you more or less ADDITIONAL days if he wants to. Of course can give 0 additional days as well but those 28 are mandated.
SSP is Statutory Sick Pay., paid by the employer for up to 28 weeks x
I think it was a slip of tongue...the minimum in the UK is 28 days....no less than that
Pro rata though. So if you only work 1 day a week you don't get 28 weeks leave
Yes of course...forgot to mention that..thanks
Here in Denmark the situation for salaried employees is a minimum of 25 days paid holiday, plus an additional 5 days paid holiday. That is in addition to public (bank) holidays.
I'm from the Netherlands, and we have a big and robust healtcare system in place and companies are required to give us at LEAST 3 weeks of vacation and around 10 days of normal leave.
And it just works, i can even work overtime to get more free hours/days wich is really handy if u are planning to take a vacation for a long time though u need to do a 2 weeks notice for free days depending on the company.
And as someone with Epilepsie and a learning disorder this is all a blessing, couse i'm not sure i'd survive in America the way i have it now, couse meds are all under my insurance costing me nothing.
In the US i'd probably have to pay insane amounts just for my meds, and small quantities at that.
They can't give you less than 28 in the UK. I think he slipped up. You cam however choose to "sell back" some of your holiday if your employer has a buy back scheme.
Every job I’ve had pays full pay when sick up to 6 months (over a week with a doctor’s note). Every job I’ve had pays full pay for a year for maternity leave.
I think part of the reason the laws here are so vague and seem mediocre is because basically most companies far exceed them so there isn’t a great push to change them.
I was working with a zero hour contract had a very bad accident so off work I had 6wks paid full wages then £100 which is SSP all in a zero hour contract
In Austria, the employer has to pay full salary for 6 to 12 weeks, depending on how long you've worked for them. After that, you get 80% for 4 weeks. Then the social insurance (which is compulsory) pays you 60%, until you've been sick for 26 weeks if you've been working less than 6 months out of the last year, , or 52 weeks if you worked more than 6 months.
I'm not sure what happens after that, but I suspect that after being sick for that long you'd be eligible for disabled benefits.
UK here, at the start of COVID I was recommended to isolate for 15 weeks. My employer gave me full pay during those 15 weeks. My employer..... Wal*Mart.
Also your confusion on the two days prenatal appointments, these were specific to the father so they could attend two prenatal appointments supporting the mother.
When my father died I turned up to work but when my boss here in Perth told me to take a week off paid by the company so I was able to go Adelaide for my dad's funeral. This was before bereavement leave. Trade unions got a lot of our benefits but they're not as strong as they used to be but our government to some extent is somewhat compassionate. There are also other benefits if you're unemployed, sick or have a disability. And then there's a very good health system. But of course you'll still get a lot of people grumbling.
As a new employee you can have slightly fewer days, normally 24. But when passed probation period goes up to 28. This then can increase after been working within a company for a qualifying period of time. We also have special leave, normally 10 days. To be used in event of death immediate family/partner. Also maternity/pertainity leave
Dude, for someone so young you have such an open mind which the US would usually condition you to suppress. Je suis d’accord avec the previous comment; come here and study. ✌️❤️🏴🇬🇧🏳️🌈
Work-life balance laws in Italy:
- Full time is 40 hours per week by law (company can make it less, not more. The company I work for is 37.5 hours per week). The employer cannot contact you in any way out of your work hours, it's illegal
- If the emplyer ask you to work more than 40 hours, you can refuse. If you accept all those hours are considered "extraordinary work hours" and are paid DOUBLE
- Minum wage (for any job, no matter what, ANY), after taxes are removed (so the real money you bring home) is 14 euro per hour (15.1 $)
- 25 days of 100% paid vacation. Employee choose when use 15 of these days sending an official written communication to the employer at least 1 month in advance and he cannot refuse. It's totally illegal for the employer to contact the employee during vacation. The other 10 days are choosen by the employer. If the employer doesn't say to the emplyee when he/she must take those 10 vacation days, the employee will have 10 additional free days the next year (25+10 instead of 15+10)
- 36 weeks of 100% paid parental leave.
- 12 100% paid hoilday days: 1 january, Easter monday, 25 april, 1 may, 2 june, 15 august, 2 november, 8 december, 24-25-26 december, 31 december, city birthday (depends on the city you are). If you work in one of these days (example a restaurant or night club that organizes party at 31 december) you're paid double. If one of these holdays ends up in a day that is usually a day off (saturday and sunday for most companies) you get one additional paid day in your check because of "holiday not enjoyed"
- UNLIMITED 100% paid sick days. If you make a doctor certify your sickness (and it costs ZERO because of our universal health care system) you can stay home and get paid until you're not sick anymore. You must stay home because you can get a surprise check from a job doctor to ensure you're not faking it. If you have to go out for urgent things (like going to a doctor or buy essential goods like food) you send an email to the job doctor indicating the hour of leave and come back to home
As a UK employer the last thing I want is workers coming into work and spreading an infection. We enforce sick policy so contractually we pay 10 days sick.per annum after week 1 you need a Dr's note more than 10 days we pay Statutory Sick Pay which is the Government contribution. If the illness is serious our insurance kicks in and we will pay salary until the employee is better, up to 6 months..if an employee dies death in service pays 3 times annual.salary to the family. If an employee gets a terminal disease, a portion of this is paid whilst they are still alive.
It's good that you can see the divide and conquer tactics that are used. If everyone is fighting each other over red team vs blue team, then nobody is paying attention to the people in charge re-writing the rules to make it better for themselves and worse for both sides.
Smoke & mirrors - distractions - & mainstream media help the nasty-pasties get away with it.
all his videos are informative and funny and he sometimes has his friends on who are from the UK when he does Britain vs america
You can get less than 28 days holiday in the UK if your contract says you have to work public holidays, but you do get more money, I've worked a few bank holidays in the UK, I usually got either treble time, or double time and a day off in leu, so technically, you could have to work all 8 Bank Holidays in the year.
@@jackoh991 you can, just have the option of taking the money and less days of
It's very easy. When you need time off in my job you just go on the system and select the reason. Annual leave, medical or dental, other. It goes through to your manager who approves it. I currently get 41.5 days annual leave. I also only work a 4 day week due to condensed working