Workers in California will soon receive a minimum of five days of paid sick leave annually, instead of three, under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Wednesday.
The law, which takes effect in January, also increases the amount of sick leave workers can carry over into the following year. Newsom said it demonstrates that prioritizing the health and well-being of workers “is of the utmost importance for California’s future.”
“Too many folks are still having to choose between skipping a day’s pay and taking care of themselves or their family members when they get sick,” Newsom said in a statement announcing his action.
That is outrageous. I’m from the Netherlands and just looked up how it is here. You get paid 100% for the first year you’re sick, 70% for the second year. Then in most cases you can get financial aid from the government.
Well that would be some kind of long term medical leave at that point. We can get pay for that but it’s far less than 100% and I don’t think it would last that long.
Yeah well that’s the max. Any sick leave shorter than that is also paid.
Holy fuckin moly I’m in favor of more sick leave, but a year before the government takes over is a little fuckin crazy
I think basically all companies have insurance for this. So unless you’re very incompetent as a business owner, no company will go bankrupt because of it and it protects workers a lot because when you’re that sick you can’t work for two years there’s no way you’ll find another job.
Not sure how it works in NL but in most countries your health insurance takes over at some point