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Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by riffraff on Saturday February 15, 2020 @03:50PM (#22337888)
oh, so it's not paid.

Then I am surprised to say, there is the same thing in Italy ("aspettativa per avvio attività"), but oddly enough, only for public sector employees, up to 12 months.

I am not sure many people make use of it, I would guess very, very few.

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Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by LegitShady on Saturday February 15, 2020 @04:08PM (#22337984)
Sabbaticals can be useful be require a lot of planning and saving.
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Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by TLightful on Sunday February 16, 2020 @01:28PM (#22342990)
I would definitely use it. Save up a bit of money and then go and do whatever you like. What's not to like?
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Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by riffraff on Monday February 17, 2020 @02:56PM (#22350187)
so would I, but I think the demographics of people who go into (most) public sector jobs and those who want to become entrepreneurs do not have a major overlap.
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Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by toyg on Saturday February 15, 2020 @04:27PM (#22338109)
Aspettativa is subject to conditions, though (i.e. it can be denied).
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Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by riffraff on Sunday February 16, 2020 @03:44AM (#22340599)
Right, though I met a few people who made use of it for studying, so it's not super rare. It probably varies a lot from job to job.
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Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by toyg on Sunday February 16, 2020 @07:56AM (#22341340)
Yeah, as everything with labor laws in Italy, it can be fiendishly complicated and vary dramatically from sector to sector, from year (of hiring) to year...
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