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Re:Restaurant workers quit at record rate by akiselev on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @02:17AM (#27902910)
The Family and Medical Leave Act protects most (IANAL) employees for up to 12 weeks of unpaid time off per year at the federal level. At some point Americans with Disabilities Act protections kick in and after a few months of a serious illness temporary or permanent disability insurance comes into play.

It's not the dystopia its made out to be but even in the best states the inconsistencies between the layers of protection and myriad of rules cause a lot of people to fall through the cracks.

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Re:Restaurant workers quit at record rate by Arete314159 on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @12:44PM (#27908587)
While this is true technically, in practice many companies will make an excuse to fire employees who take "too many" sick days. Like if there are layoffs, the sickly employee will be in the round of layoffs.

Also, if you work a service job and miss too many shifts due to illness, they'll just fire you for being unreliable.

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