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Re:What the world will be like in a hundred years (1922) by rbanffy on Thursday January 06, 2022 @05:17PM (#29831179)
It's shameful that in the richest country in the world there are people being forced to work 12 or more hours a day just to survive.

And going to work with COVID symptoms because they can't live without payment.

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Re:What the world will be like in a hundred years (1922) by sologoub on Thursday January 06, 2022 @05:20PM (#29831220)
> And going to work with COVID symptoms because they can't live without payment.

That’s a very grotesque illustration of perverse incentives. Ask anyone, I doubt they’ll tell you that it’s worth having a sick person show up to work over providing sick leave/benefits and yet, here we are.

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Re:What the world will be like in a hundred years (1922) by rbanffy on Thursday January 06, 2022 @08:03PM (#29833221)
The point is that they aren't forced to provide sick leave unless the person works more than a certain amount of hours. If the person is desperate enough (and a LOT of people are), the "smart" choice is to never get a diagnosis and continue working.
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