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Re:A media company in Mumbai is giving women a day off durin... by falcolas on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @09:36AM (#14744024)
Speaking for myself (as a standard US employee with a "progressive" HR, I mean Human Asset Management dept), I get 0 sick days. I get three weeks (15 days) which is supposed to be for both vacation and sickness. Someone who can't work two days a month would either be fired or be taking leave without pay, and never able to take paid vacation.
Re:A media company in Mumbai is giving women a day off durin... by DropbearRob on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @09:46AM (#14744095)
I feel very sorry for you and others in your position to hear that.

the UK has some very forgiving policies on sick leave (https://www.gov.uk/taking-sick-leave). in fact you don't even have to provide a doctors note if you take just a couple of days off.

Re:A media company in Mumbai is giving women a day off durin... by jhasse on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @11:02AM (#14753097)
Wow. In Germany law grants you at least 24 vacation days per year - and sick days can't be included in that!