Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to password crackdown

Re:Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to pa... by kanbara on Saturday February 18, 2023 @01:26AM (#34844499)

in germany, when doing layoffs, plans need to be submitted and in most cases when it exceeds a certain %, the company must rank people from most to least vulnerable, so pregnant women, people with dependents and older employees are not the first to get the boot

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Re:Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to pa... by seszett on Saturday February 18, 2023 @01:37AM (#34844560)

I thought in most countries of Europe laying off pregnant employees was just not possible. It's the case in France ah least.

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Re:Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to pa... by AuryGlenz on Saturday February 18, 2023 @02:30AM (#34844827)

It seems like that would lead to Schrödinger’s womb. You could always have a “miscarriage” after.

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Re:Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to pa... by seszett on Saturday February 18, 2023 @05:58AM (#34845901)

It's not based on whatever the employee says, we have doctors and certificates. That's also how the employer knows there have to give maternal leave, etc.

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Re:Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to pa... by einherjae on Saturday February 18, 2023 @03:41AM (#34845183)

The trick is in not linking healthcare coverage to employment.

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Re:Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to pa... by piceas on Saturday February 18, 2023 @09:49AM (#34847287)

I believe trick in Germany is to formally tell them you are pregnant before they try to fire you / pass over you for promotions etc.

Tell them too early and you risk discrimination, tell them too late and you risk missing out on legal protection.

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Re:Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to pa... by throwawaylinux on Saturday February 18, 2023 @01:33AM (#34844537)

Huh, turns out even Germany has little confidence in their own state run social welfare systems. Makes sense I guess.

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Re:Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to pa... by swores on Saturday February 18, 2023 @01:36AM (#34844553)

Or looked at from a different angle, Germany cares about its population enough to want to try to protect people in multiple ways rather than with a single point of failure.

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Re:Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to pa... by throwawaylinux on Sunday February 19, 2023 @08:58PM (#34864116)

> Or looked at from a different angle,

That's the same way of looking at it.

> Germany cares about its population enough to want to try to protect people in multiple ways rather than with a single point of failure.

Indeed, you're getting to the root cause of why the hallmark of government enterprise is incompetence, corruption, and inefficiency.

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Re:Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to pa... by tpankaj on Saturday February 18, 2023 @01:58AM (#34844666)

While the goal sounds admirable, it seems like it would inevitably mean discriminating against young, child-free employees.

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Re:Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to pa... by einherjae on Saturday February 18, 2023 @03:40AM (#34845180)

The ones most likely to find a new job quickly, yes.

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Re:Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to pa... by tpoacher on Saturday February 18, 2023 @04:32AM (#34845448)

Unless they rush to have "safety" kids first, that is.

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Re:Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to pa... by Apocryphon on Saturday February 18, 2023 @11:30AM (#34848147)

Didn’t work for Elizabeth Holmes. But maybe encouraging pro-natalism isn’t such a bad thing.

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Re:Vancouver hospital patient loses Netflix access due to pa... by bobolino123 on Saturday February 18, 2023 @04:59AM (#34845604)

Also usually the ones doing most of the work in a company and have the most flexible schedule.

Germany is very unfavourable for (young) childless professionals. We see a massive brain drain of highly educated Germans to Switzerland.

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