Update to Ask HN: What to do if I’m about to lose my job to mental health issues

Re:Update to Ask HN: What to do if I’m about to lose my job ... by briandear on Sunday October 07, 2018 @05:08PM (#18162624)

> Nation-wide solidarity costs little to each person but gives a lot to those who need it.

The money I save from French taxes (I left this year) I can easily afford all manner of insurance plus I get paid a heck of a lot more to save quite a bit of money.

French employment is over 10% and the economy is stagnant. Could it be if you incentivize unemployment you get more of it? It sure seems like that in France. Chronic and intentional unemployment is not unusual in France. And everyone gets to pay for it. Disposable income in France is also significantly less than in the US.

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Re:Update to Ask HN: What to do if I’m about to lose my job ... by tomatocracy on Sunday October 07, 2018 @05:26PM (#18162708)

The reasons for high unemployment in France are, I would suggest, more to do with how hard it is to fire people in France than taxes. If you know you'll be stuck with someone forever, you take the decision to hire much more seriously and you'd much rather ask an existing employee who's a known quantity to do more work instead (potentially even if you pay them more in raises than it would have cost to hire someone else).

Contrast that to e.g. Denmark where taxes are arguably higher but making redundancies/reducing workforce is not anything close to as hard or expensive for the employer.

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Re:Update to Ask HN: What to do if I’m about to lose my job ... by briandear on Sunday October 07, 2018 @05:39PM (#18162769)

Fair point; the French labor code is the problem, however taxes are related; the high cost of being stuck with someone is higher due to social charges and taxes. Reforming the labor code and lowering taxes would both make the employment market more liquid.

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Re:Update to Ask HN: What to do if I’m about to lose my job ... by dang on Sunday October 07, 2018 @09:45PM (#18163600)

Please don't post ideological rants here.

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Re:Update to Ask HN: What to do if I’m about to lose my job ... by naner on Sunday October 07, 2018 @09:27PM (#18163547)

I'd water that most adults in the US know one or more hard-working people who are in financial dire straits due to medical bills. It's reasonable that you don't want a single-payer system in the US but why in Earth would you boast about our current healthcare system?

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