There is much more to life than work. We all have families, friends, and a beautiful world to enjoy. We need more time off to enjoy it.

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    5 days ago

    Technically, today is Labor Day and I could have had it off, but I volunteered to work so I could take tomorrow off for doctor stuff.

    So here in Italy you get 168 hours of holidays, which you have to schedule in agreement with your employer; then you also have 104 hours of leave, which you can take whenever you need to, and your employer cannot refuse them. At a previous job we also had, as a second level agreement over the national collective contracts, 10 hours of medical leave, which you could use for… doctor stuff.

    edit: you don’t HAVE to take your holidays, but most employers FORCE you to, because it’s costly for them if you don’t, they pay more taxes and may get fined

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        2 days ago

        Thats fucking heartbreaking. If I was you I’d take my last paycheck and move to anywhere in the eu,ASAP. Free Healthcare, days off and employers that aren’t complete fuckers

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          Most Americans have a separate bank of “Sick Time” from their normal “Vacation time” bank, if they have any at all.

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          See, my current employer leaves that up to our managers. Some managers consider all sick leave PTO, some consider it “do whatever you need to do” and it’s kinda insane.