I am so glad I live in the UK. The USA is driven by the need to make a profit regardless. A lot of countries in the EU and UK have a mandated living wage, at least 28 paid days off, and either free or very low cost healthcare.
Extreme Capitalism is not good, as is any other form of extremism. In Europe, we try to balance capitalism with a degree of social care. In America, the politicians would call that socialism, we call it treating people like human beings instead of just a resource to be used.
It is called freedom, Americans shout about freedom, but don't actually have many real freedoms. No Republican politician would actually be able to name a single socialist policy that a Democrat politician has implemented or plans to implement. They have no idea what socialism is.
Being a Brit, I don't think we realise how lucky we are with healthcare, holiday and sickness. I broke my arm twice off work for 6wks and went back on reduced hours until 💯 both times on full pay. We even get paid time off for bereavement (Inc. time off for a pet)
I don't think it's lucky, I think it's basic human citizens rights, which only USA don't have in the West. USA is a Debt Slave Economy based on a 'thin air' Fiat currency & 34 Trillion dollar debt. Basically, fake democracy & parasitic slave trade, living off a propagandized, brainwashed, xenophobic population.
I worked as an engineer at IBM and got 35 days holiday plus public holidays paid. As I was a bit of a workaholic, I tended to only use 15 days a year but the company insisted that I take any remaining holiday before the end of the year (this meant that I never worked for most of December). In 2003, I had a minor stroke which resulted in being off sick for 6 months - all on full pay with regular welfare visits from my manager to see how I was coping. In 2006, my daughter contracted cancer and died - IBM immediately told me to take as much time off as I needed (with a minimum of 2 weeks) on full pay as compassionate leave. This goes to show just how generous an American company can be - when NOT in America!
similar I worked for an American company and had to visit America just after a 2 week holiday in Egypt, to say I basically got off one plane and off to another to fly to the states, obviously I didn't work the first day, I landed at 8 in the morning, they had their minds blown away that I had 35 days holiday like you and bank holidays, most only got 2-3 or long term ones 10 days
My daughter had cancer and I was signed off for three months full pay and after that I would get half pay for three months, she fine now and and I appreciate the UK.
Back in the mid '00's I got diagnosed with stage 4 cancer & was unable to work for a little under a year. I was paid the whole time, either by my employer or the government. Free health care the whole time. Beat it in 1 cycle of chemotherapy & all better now. But even little things like my regional manager gave me extra help. I worked for Blockbusters & he'd pay me out of his own pocket to write film reviews while I was sick. So I got 10 free films a week. Got paid for my whole time off to write a review of each film. That wasn't published, it was only for customers to help them choose the best film for themselves. I was regularly bought treats, snack & even sent stuff like home made cakes from customers. EVERYONE went above & beyond to help me out & I will always be in their dept for their great help & support. When friends in the US heard that they thought I was lying
@@JenniferRussell-qw2co full credit goes to the Surgeons, Dr's & nurses at the hospital where I was treated. I can't sing their praise enough & they don't get enough credit for all the hard work they do for everyone
In my experience in the UK, most employers give slightly or much better terms than the legal minimum. If you have a job where you are difficult to replace - even reasonably unskilled, but trained to a standard - employers realise that it is cheaper to retain experience. At the height of my career I had crazy holiday time, but as I enjoyed the job and was very busy, I used less than basic holiday time. Happy employees work hard.
I worked for a US company but based in the UK, and I got all the perks thanks to UK employment laws. I took more than 52 weeks maternity leave, as you still accrue your 28 days holiday when on maternity leave, so I took some time off at the end of my 52 weeks. I decided to go from full time (37.5 hrs a week) to part time (22 hrs a week) when I returned after my baby. I still got paid holidays and sick leave, it was just calculated on a pro-rata basis
It's not just the UK, most of europe's workers have at least 20 days paid off vacation days ( of course u need to give them at least 2 weeks up front so they can find a replacement if needed ). And if I'm sick I'm sick, longer than 3 days i ask my doctor for a note ( depending on my sickness i either go to the doc myself, and if I can't leave the house the doc comes to me ). In total ( not including national holidays ) i got 30 days of paid vacation a year, and its mandatory. Btw i love your accent!! ❤
Our workers rights add that to our NHS benefits and tell me America is a better place to live Example I had ambulance to the hospital 12 hours in recess three days on a ward when I was discharged, my doctor appointment every other day, telephone conference checkup every other day full medication. Total cost to me. £0. I know we pay in our taxes, but our taxes are a lot less than your health insurance and we have no deductibles
I went to hospital with a large abcess sat in A&E for an hour was examined admitted found a bed operated on an hour later and put in a bed was in for 6 days having intravenious antibiotics every 6 hours then releasesed with 28 days supply of drugs and had to go to my local clinic every day for 8 weels to have a dressing cleaned and changed .... 10 weeks off work on full ay and no charge ... Godbless the NHS .... shame on you America
@@DEANKEITH-f2p and they say they are the greatest country in the world where thousands of people die every year because they cannot afford medical care. They call it socialism but it’s not, it’s our NHS it belongs to the people. We pay less in our tax for the NHS than they do in medical insurance. Thank God, I’m British
Just think, all the USA needs to fund it's own national health service would be 5% of the tax currently used to fund the military. This is tax money you already pay and don't have a choice in where it goes. USA could pay for it's own NHS many times over if it didn't spend more % of tax money on war than any other country.
The problem is that a lot of Americans aren't that curious and just accept that they're 'the land of the free' without looking to see what other countries do for their citizens, people also forget that they are responsible for who the vote for and the policies that their chosen representative stands on. The world freedom index is quite telling as America isn't close to the top of the list.
Here in the UK we get a MINIMUM of 28 days holiday (P.T.O.) per year which equates to 5 weeks and 3 days. And it is ILLEGAL for an Employer to either tell you or ask you to use any of those as 'Sick Days'. 😊
UK here, I get 30 days paid holiday (extra days for long service) plus all bank holidays 8 more days (public holidays) and paid sick leave. 1 year i had 2 operations off work for 6 weeks first time and 4 weeks second time and still had to take all my holiday days before the end of the year.
I am in the UK and was once off work for 4 months with stress and got paid my full wage throughout! My daughter is currently on Maternity Leave for an entire year! Lots of it on full pay.
I'm now retired, but in the UK I had 30 days paid leave PLUS the bank/public holidays, so 38 in all. I also had 12 months sick pay with 6 months on full pay and another 6 on half. Company rules said I had to take at least one holiday period of two weeks in one go each year. If you wanted to take a much bigger break, e.g. a month to visit relatives in New Zealand, that was fine, just give plenty of notice.
Most states in the US are At-Will states. This means that the employer can fire you at any time for any or no reason., with no notice. Yes this means that Americans generally do not know from day to day if they will have a job the next morning. Employees are also supposed to have this right, however, if you quit a job with no notice, you will get a bad reference, so most people give 2 weeks notice so they get at least a fair reference. I was not allowed a single day off for over 10 years. When I did finally get a week vacation, I moved to Australia LoL. That company was REALLY unhappy LoL Most jobs force the employee to sign a paper that says if they attempt to unionize, that is grounds for immediate termination. Most job make you sign it, or no job. That is why you don't see people doing this often. Can't afford to lose their job. There is so much more, but I am happy I live in Australia! :)
I'm in Scotland, work for NHS, I get 33 days paid annual leave plus 8 days paid public holidays per year. We also work flexi time so we can build up some flexi and have a day off a month 😃
This Vid did not mention the Elephant in the room , that is most of our "Workers Rights " were over the years negotiated between the Employers and the Government by uncorrupted trade Unions working on behalf of thier members
Hello Island Girl....love the channel remember the 28 days vacation time offered in the UK (5.6 weeks in you work a 5 day week) is the absolute minimum......I've worked for the same company for years so I get the equivalent of 8 weeks off - fully paid
That’s just amazing it hear. That will never happen in the US they would rather let you go and get someone new to pay them less than to do that so sad😔. Thanks for sharing 🥰🥰
I had an accident at home and had severe facial injuries and a damaged hand. I was off work for 5 weeks, paid. I had a holiday booked at the time and got those days back. I needed a lot of dental work and physiotherapy, all paid time off, in fact my boss told me to take half a day for many appointments. Its totally different. In the US, they work you to burnout and then you can't have time off, you become sick, lose your job and health insurance and go bankrupt, causing more stress.... Its not right
When my mum had her stroke her company carried on paying her for nearly two years on almost full pay (She did collapse at work) but they where great with her and still inquire about her when I go in
Norwegian here - I was hospitalized for "only" one week with lung failure and sever heart failure. I had a full year of sickness leave at 100% pay. Later I had a month of rehab - including PT, accommodation, food, various medical professionals. Total cost - about $10 (for the initial ER visit).
Belgium, 2 months full pay by employer, then healthcare takes over at 60%-70% percent of your wages. Healtcare isn't free but a large part gets refunded or subtracted before you pay the invoice. It depends on the employer but most likely you will be sent home if you are ill. Especially since the pandemic as the employers fear their whole workforce will get infected. No doctors' notice is required for 1 day and there are now talks about extending this to 3 days.
Do you think 4 weeks is unusual? We in my country get 4 weeks PLUS Long Service Leave PLUS the week off between Christmas and New Year. We also get 11 paid public holidays, sick leave, bereavement leave, and leave to work with volunteer organisations like the Bush Fire Brigade.
Hi Island girl. When I was working for bosses in the UK in my younger yrs there were times when I didn't actually take the months holiday I was entitled to so I did used to double my wages at times. Basically I went to work when I actually booked a holiday so I got what is effectively double bubble at times meaning I earned my wages for the week I was supposed to be off for a holiday which did work out quite well for some of my holiday because the weeks I did that I actually took home a week's pay and a week's holiday pay effectively taking home £1500 per week when I was in my 20's as for sick pay days i never actually became sick but when on the odd occasion i was sick i used to get paid anyway
Worth remembering that what Evan talks about is the legal minimum. Many companies offer well above these minimums to attract employees. Also, with maternity leave you are not allowed to go back to work within 2 weeks of giving birth. 4 weeks if you work in a factory. Your employer has to assume you are taking the full 52 weeks so you have to give them 8 weeks notice if you want to go back earlier. You are entitled to all pay increases and bonuses while you're off too. You are not allowed to be disadvantaged juat because you had a baby. Doesn’t always work in practice, but mostly it's good. The UK isn't even anywhere near the best when it comes to these things either.
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The company I worked for had a six day work week.Hours were reduced,but we still did 6 days but got off every 6th week.Plus we had 5 weeks annual leave.One feller used to take his five between two,so nearly 2 months off in one go,and he still only had to wait 5 weeks for another break.Good times.
I get 33 paid holidays and 8 paid bank holiday days , I get up to 6 months full pay sick days , we can take up to 12 months maternity leave , first 6 months at full pay , the next 3 months is 75% and the next 3 months you have to stand yourself
I'm 68, still working , but only part time, 12 hours a week, but STILL get 15 days paid holiday per year and all the benefits that full time workers get....BY LAW !! UK employers HAVE to make sure that you take your holidays ! In the UK you only need a " doctors note" if you are off for 7 days in a row, including weekends. Why would you NOT be allowed to be with your new born baby !?
What is truly horrendous about the US is that you pay for childbirth. With universal healthcare via taxes, you don't have any bills for anything My heart breaks for the good people of America 😢 🙋♀️🇬🇧🇺🇲💖
The company I work for is US owned and I sometimes talk to my American counterparts, it's shocking the differences between the two employment contracts. I get 32 days paid holiday a year (which includes 8 Bank holidays (public holidays)) and I am also allowed to take time off unpaid if I need to but there's no set minimum or maximum for that and it's at our manager's discretion based on company needs. I am also entitled to 26 weeks sick leave on full pay. After the 26 weeks the amount my employer pays reduces by the amount the Government gives in what is called Statutory Sick Pay. So the Government would pay me £95 a week and my employer would pay me the rest to basically make up my full wage for another 26 weeks. My employer also gives me 8 days bereavement leave on full pay and I can take longer unpaid if I feel I need to. Another thing that shocked me was how much we are paid compared to my equivalents in the US, even basic fairly unskilled Warehouse workers. We are paid markedly above the UK minimum wage and I earn the equivalent of $5.50 an hour more than the equivalent workers I spoke to in a couple of depots in the US. We also received a 5% raise in April and are being given another 3% from next month.
On the "reasonable" thing: In UK law there is an idea called the "Reasonable man" - imagine a sensible working man off the street, no mental illness or massive prejudice, just a regular guy. If this theoretical "reasonable man" would say that something is not "reasonable" - well, it's not. So if a business tried to argue that 24 hrs to mourn a child was "reasonable" the law would say "no, it's not, because any sensible, right thinking person would say it's not" - that's why the "reasonable" works without specifying. If someone is still breaking into tears 3 weeks, 3 months later - well no-one who is "reasonable" would demand they be working, so the business can't!
@@nigelhamilton815 I think originally Sir Edward Hall Alderson? But he may well have used the term as well for the first time in a different area of law...
Not just the UK, same in Ireland and it was the same when I worked in New Zealand, which was over FORTY YEARS AGO now [making me feel really old] so it's nothing new or unusual. In fact it's NORMAL.
Yeah, I think I got 5 weeks paid holiday at my first job. Later I got more. At that time we got full pay when sick, from the first day, later in was changed to a similar system as the UK. On top of that, overtime was kind of prohibited by the companies, since they'd have to "pay me back with an interest", meaning if I worked late for one hour, they'd have to pay me 1.5 times as much; if I worked on the weekend, they'd have to pay me 2 times as much (which could be used to extend my vacation time. My bosses usually had to force some employers to use at least some of their vacation time, since, well, some people are workoholics, and that's not really good for the company. I'm not up to date with how it works with maternity/paternity leave, but I'm pretty sure it's better than in the UK. Aand if your child gets sick, you (or a relative) can stay home with the child with full pay. (Sweden)
Oh wow that’s so amazing. That will never happy here in the US not in a million years. It’s sad though that so such a so call greatest country on earth its citizens are treated so badly😔. Thanks for sharing 🥰
We normally get 28days as a minimum 4weeks as holidays that most use to cover Christmas and New Year’s plus a summer holiday, then you get 8 paid bank holidays too, some companies will let you collect them up to use as required and a select few will pay you double time to work and for fit the holiday if they really need you to work
When i worked in the nhs i got around 30 days a year plus at least 1 extra flexi day a month on the extra hours i worked over said month. I had a serious spinal injury and spent 9 months of work 6 months full pay the 6 half pay meanwhile i accrued my holiday entitlement so when i went back i was told use it or lose it! I ended up carrying a week over but i spent most of December of work as we werent allowed to take holiday of any length in feb,mar,apr each year due to when the financial year ended. Im now disabled and would be homeless in the usa
I worked for the government in the uk for 35 years i got 7 working weeks and 3 days off every year 38 days in all plus i had to have a hip operation and was off for 6 months full pay i had to have the same op again and had another 5 months off at half pay and the government paid the rest so i was off for 11 months and got paid which was fantastic
I used to work for a small magazine publisher which was run by a family. They were very loose with time so we always went out Friday lunch time for food, around 2pm as the next bottle of wine arrived, the boss would say see you on Monday. They gave us 6 weeks holiday which we took when we needed it. Plus 3 weeks off Christmas and new year ( they would go on holiday) July another 3 weeks when they took their kids on holiday. Every November they took us on a long weekend away ( Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin). The job was very tough. Honestly it gave me an ulcer.
We had to fight and organise through unions to get this. Now we will never give it up. The US don't realise that you have to organise and fight for you rights. these videos make it sound like we have always had thee rights. I remember when my father had to go on marches for rights when I was young
Its closer to 6 weeks holiday paid because when you take a week off only 5 days holiday pay is used as your standard 2 days off arnt counted. My employer paid me full salary for 6 months after breaking my ankles. I came back then took 2 weeks holiday as i hadn't used my days. I didn't want to take more time off in holiday as was bored my employer paid me cash for the rest of the unused days so i got my salary doubled for a month. Also the company i work for has a family policy where they never refuse time off to care for children this isn't paid but very handy for drs appointment etc.
I get 32 days paid holiday plus 11 paid days public holidays in Germany. Also, I have to take my holiday. In total 43 days off fully paid days. In 2021 I was off sick for 6 weeks but it was all covered by my health incurance.
I took 3 months off sick then did phased return for 3 months and got full pay. Phased return I did an hour for a week and week by week increased till back to full time.
I've just had a stomach operation, (paid for by N.H.S., cost to me £0.) Had to recover at home 6 weeks off. All fully paid, in fact was intitled if needed to 6 months!
I work for a huge American company, and when we expanded to the UK, i was asked to help train the new staff, i was there for 2 years and my company was furious that by law they had to give me 6weeks vacation and also pay me at least minimum wage, they genuinely thought that the English would have to work to there rules because theywere an American company, they decided not to expand to the UK after all because they hated the workers rights laws, anyway by this time i had met the love of my life and became a British citizen, we Americans have no idea how bad we have it, when we go to visit my family i feel like crying, when my dad and brothers cant even take time off to spend the day with us, my wife is expecting a baby soon and it will all be free (out of taxes) but my family wont be able to visit as the vacation restrictions are so bad, i would love for them to move here and see how life should be lived, the pub life, the food, the deep friendships that are forged when you have time and aren't so stressed, i work 40hrs per week but the stress is non existent, though i love my country, i would never raise my child in it
To many in the US, workers' rights and social care = communism. Bernie Sanders is treated as a "far-left" extremist by people who don't realise it's just normal in Europe.
@@havoc6_1_6 You just keep saying things that are simple not true. Sanders wants a single-payer health system - we have one (the NHS), as does most of Europe . Sanders wants reasonable basic paid leave and holidays on a level that we have. Name one single thing that Bernie Sanders wants, that would be considered far-left over here. Just one. I dare you.
@@havoc6_1_6 He doesn't support open borders (a word that you can't even spell) - prove me wrong. Give me one single legit bit of proof he supports open borders. Just one. And as for the other thing - well, I asked for something that would be considered far left here - it's legal here, it's legal in most countries on earth - that doesn't sound very far left. You know where it isn't legal - Iran, Afghanistan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Are you still sure you want to be against it?
ANNUAL holiday leave in Australia According to the Fair Work Ombudsman, full-time workers in Australia are due four weeks paid annual leave. Part-time employees receive the equivalent based on their hours of work. For example, if a part-time employee works two and a half days per week, they receive 10 days (half) annual leave. 24.10 per hour REPRESENTS the MINIMUM wage Australian dollars What is the minimum wage in Australia? From 1 July 2024, the minimum wage is $24.10 per hour, or $915.90 per 38-hour week. This is a 3.75% increase in the national minimum wage. This increase applies from the first full pay period starting on or after 1 July 2024. SICK LEAVE in Australia: Full-time and part-time employees can take paid sick leave if they can't work because of a personal illness or injury. Full-time employees are entitled to 10 sick days per year. The leave is pro-rata for part-time employees. Unused sick and carer's leave is carried over to the next year and it just gets better: LONG SERVICE LEAVE in Australia Long service leave is a period of time that you can take off work, with pay. You'll be eligible for 13 weeks' paid leave after 10 years continuous service with your current employer. You will then continue to accrue long service leave at the rate of 1.3 weeks' leave for each subsequent year of service after that. And the icing on the cake? yes Parental leave is PAID leave Australia's combined approach to parental leave provides some flexibility about when parental leave can be used. If available, fathers/partners tend to take employer paid parental leave, rather than government funded parental leave. PARENTAL government funds LEAVE - after a new baby is added to the family then an employee can take PARENTAL leave - Usually the mother will take the parental leave : On 1 July 2024 the total Parental Leave Pay available to families increased to 22 weeks or 110 days, based on a 5 day work week. How many Parental Leave Pay days your family will get depends on your child's date of birth or adoption. Australia’s Government Paid Parental Leave has been expanded by two weeks as we progress towards 26 weeks in 2026. From July 1, parents will receive 22 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, up from 20 weeks, resulting in more support as parents take time out of work to care for their newborn. The scheme will continue to expand each year until the Government’s Paid Parental Leave scheme reaches 26 weeks in July 2026 COMPULSORY SUPERANNUATION in Australia Superannuation is a government policy designed to encourage people to accumulate savings for their financial freedom during retirement and rely less on the age pension. The government regulates contributions, taxation, and the management of superannuation savings. The Super Guarantee (SG) requires employers to contribute a minimum percentage of an eligible employee’s earnings to a super fund, which acts as a retirement savings account that can’t be accessed until you reach your ‘preservation’ or retirement age. On top of the SG contributions, employees can make voluntary personal contributions. There are tax benefits and also limits on these contributions. So when you do retire you have accumulated a massive amount invested - from your funds AND the amount your employer has to contribute AND all that your investment earned all the time it has been invested for your future benefit in retirement.
The major flaw with the US: Individual rights over the collective. Added to that, the more the wealth of the individual, the more the power. Britain, Australia, New Zealand and other nations I know that are similar, put the collective of that country over the individual. This means people, not corporations, have the power in their voting systems ..... Americans call this Communist Socialism: Americans need re educating.
Missed you! Well this regular schmegular is now medically retired and i get help from the government now, a lot of help. Along with the NHS, I doubt I'd even still be alive if I lived in America. Scotland 🏴 all the way ❤
In our country (Croatia), you receive 85% of your salary for up to 42 days of sick leave. Longer continuously less, but if you stay for three months continuously you get a certain amount from the state. Maternity leave of two variants (I may be wrong, but it doesn't matter) mother 6 months, father 6 months (not at the same time) or better mother 12 months father 2 months (after the mother) which can be used at any time until the child's 8 (I think) years. The mother has the right to the days before the birth, and the father 2 weeks after the birth to be with the mother. Annual vacation, for a minimum duration of 24 days, allowances for seniority, etc., up to over 30 days. Depending on the union's contract with the employer, usually up to 8 days for various needs. Oncology patients and similar seriously ill patients are entitled to an inclusive allowance paid by the state, depending on the extent of physical damage. With, of course, almost free medical care. Solidarity public healthcare. The regulations change here and there, I don't follow too much, so maybe some of this information is not completely accurate, but mostly that's it.
With the worker shortage they say is happening in the US, maybe this would be the time to change the employment law. I find it horrifying that your sick time is unpaid, but then on top of that, the doctor/hospital care costs you money, so if you're living paycheck to paycheck you can see how easy it is for families to become homeless.
Last summer i had a knee accident and was sick for 7 weeks. In Germany up to 6 continuing weeks per sickness, injury etc. You get paid 100% of your income and after that time about i think 70%. I personaly have additional private sick leave insurance for 10,70€ per month that covers up the difference to 90%. I was so pissed to lose these 10% for a week 😅. Youre also protected to be fired during this time.
By the way that’s 4 weeks plus all the bank holidays. Also in my job after working there 6 years I was ( not just me of course) an extra weeks annual leave. People also have Paid sick leave, full wages for six months, half pay for another six months.
It's all due to hard fought battles by UK trade unions, since the first British Trade union was formed in 1717, that we have all of these workers rights. 🫡 In the UK all the different trade unions help and support each other to get worker rights laws in place for all their members. They aren't fighting each other for lobbying power, instead different industries strike in support of each other's grievances and our Unions are collectively considered our largest and most influential lobbying block (Our government listens to them unlike in the US where it seems to be just "lip Service")
Seeing this as someone living in the Netherlands I thought British laws were like similar to Dutch laws but I see now that isnt the case. We get 70% of our monthly salary payed if we get sick, up to 2 years, and after that you can apply for government funding. But in exchange we dont have entirely free healthcare (cost is like max 150 euro/month) so I guess it cancels itself out. The paid holliday weeks differ a bit too, we get a minimum of 4 weeks mandatory paid leave and not 5.6 as in the UK. I have a little bit of a deal with my boss tho, everyone in the company I work for can opt to let the overtime they work be transformed into paid leave. I have a contract for 32 hours and if I work an extra 8 hour shift, I dont get paid but I get an extra day leave. Its really cool because I can just work extra shifts and save up to go on vacation after all my vacation days that I got for the year are gone.
I am SO happy to be danish If, on vacation, you get sick in 4 days, you will get those 4 days of vacation later. In Europe we have something called UNIONS. They have more power than the companies McDonald's tried to go around the law of the union. Every company that delivered papir, oil, bread stopped deliver anything
I get sick pay from the forth day onwards. Which stops people taking a single day off and claiming sick for it. If you're out for three days or more, then you're out sick and get paid. Holiday pay is 4 weeks minimum fully paid. There was a time 10/20 years ago if you did not take your holidays you would still get paid at the end of the year for them. But now a company has to legally make you take the holidays away from work. (Rep. of Ireland ) 😊
Similar situation in New Zealand, IG. Workers have rights by law and employers will be prosecuted by the government if the they are nor provided. America is such a backward country. BTW, which Island? 🙂Sounds like Jamaica to me 🙂
Reasonable in the U.K. seems to be around 3 weeks or until after the funeral from what I have seen with friends losing relatives. I don’t think it’s set in stone but it seems about average. I also know someone that was off several months but she needed signing off from her dr for that long
Its not all bad, changes are being made, as long as you vote the right people in, you can have the things europe has. For example in 2023 at The 93rd Minnesota Legislature, Gov. Tim Walz signed into Minnesota law, laws including requiring paid leave, banning noncompete agreements, cannabis legalization, and environmental issues, tax modifications, codifying abortion rights, universal free school meals, and universal gun background checks. All of these amazing advancements for americans in that state, you guys are getting there. In June 2024, Walz also signed the Minnesota Debt Fairness Act, which is an act that prevented medical debt from affecting your credit score and prevented the denial of medical care to those in debt. Vote for the right people that actually have policy changes they want to make for americans rights, Tim Walz and kamala are a great example, as a european id be happy to vote for them.
These differences come from a long time ago. The US was the only country that had a civil war to end slavery. And they failed. They changed the name to "capitalism" to seem fair and legal. While in the 1950s onwards the US fought the communists, many European countries elected trade unionists, most of them with links to communist parties, and also communist deputies to parliaments and governments. That made all the difference. Nothing was offered, everything was achieved with many labor struggles, strikes, protests, etc.
Retired now but in my work years at times I worked for two US Fortune 500 companies. I spoke with my colleagues all over Europe and in the whole of Europe those American companies had no problems giving sick days on full pay, holidays and public holidays. As the laws of the land in those countries said they had to do this by law they just did it. However in the US it was a very different matter, there they paid and gave as little as they could possibly because they had lobbied their Representatives to make the law so they decided what was fair and not the elected officials. Whatever they paid in political donations they more than made up for in what they didn't have to pay their workers. With one of those companies not only did I get four week paid holiday plus all the UK public holidays but I also got US national holidays because they felt if I couldn't contact one of my US colleagues when they were off it might mean I had a wasted day. So in effect I got 35 paid days off a year. As he said in the video once you get over a certain number of days it starts to make work actually harder so you simply go into work even if you don't have to. I was once doing a training course in Germany during a software implementation and a person from HR came in and forced one of the attendees to leave the session and go home because if he didn't the company would get into trouble because he had not taken his holiday entitlement and if he didn't go then he would make the number of days he had to take off.
A month off is seriously not a lot imo.(that are free to choose, the additional days for Christmas and such don't count for much imo.) 6 weeks is my minimum. Non-paid time off is rather rare over here in Belgium because generally there are just a lot of reasons to take time off that are valid. Like I needed to move house. So I got a paid day off extra. Not from my 32 days of I have each year(that's the MINIMUM by the way for a 40 hour work week. 32 days pto + 10 holidays) but just an extra day, by law, that yes, people moving house can get a day off to do so.
we have a decent nhs, with some real heros working for the nhs. its not free as the euopean way is we pay for all these things with our taxes. but generally the sysem works very well. the doctors are not driven by profit.
in a recent job i needed a few days off following a minor eye op. my work coleague needed a couple of months off following cancer surgary we both got full pay. and were told to take what ever time we needed. i really apreciated this and repaid my employer with my loyalty
It’s more than seven days not three days and it’s not free money it’s tax payers paying national insurance that covers it they don’t just give any person arriving in the UK sick pay and you have to provide medical proof you were sick ie letter from doctor or proof of being in hospital it’s not that easy to get sick pay
Since this video was made the law about maternity/paternity leave has changed. The weeks are now interchangeable between mothers & fathers, whicn may work better some parents after the first few weeks/months 🙋♀️🇬🇧💖
It's not crazy, it's the LAW!! The ordinary working person fought for these rights that we in the UK enjoy today. What I find abhorrent about the US and their utter contempt for workers, Americans just dont "get it'....if you're American, here's a stark fact.....the rest of the civilised world abolished slavery......apparently America forgot..........guys you REALLY need to wake up over there!!! The rest of the civilised world doesn't tolerate this, WHY do you???!!!! THAT'S crazy!!!
It's wonderful that everyone has small amount of insurance taken from their salary every month, for nhs, free eye tests, doctor, ambulance etc rather than to greedy insurance companies. How do low paid in US afford health insurance, holidays or even eye tests.
We in the UK get these employment rights as previous generations fought for them, we wouldnt have them without fighting and protesting for our rights.
I am so glad I live in the UK. The USA is driven by the need to make a profit regardless. A lot of countries in the EU and UK have a mandated living wage, at least 28 paid days off, and either free or very low cost healthcare.
You’re so right that’s what they are driven by indeed. It’s so sad that’s how it is here in the US. 😔. Thanks for leaving your thoughts 🥰
I think you love Scotland, come live with me , your the best xx,lol naa am no a stalker,oops that what a stalker would say , just as eh xx
Extreme Capitalism is not good, as is any other form of extremism. In Europe, we try to balance capitalism with a degree of social care. In America, the politicians would call that socialism, we call it treating people like human beings instead of just a resource to be used.
I had 7 weeks as a nurse in my previous job in England
It is called freedom, Americans shout about freedom, but don't actually have many real freedoms. No Republican politician would actually be able to name a single socialist policy that a Democrat politician has implemented or plans to implement. They have no idea what socialism is.
Being a Brit, I don't think we realise how lucky we are with healthcare, holiday and sickness. I broke my arm twice off work for 6wks and went back on reduced hours until 💯 both times on full pay. We even get paid time off for bereavement (Inc. time off for a pet)
I don't think it's lucky, I think it's basic human citizens rights, which only USA don't have in the West. USA is a Debt Slave Economy based on a 'thin air' Fiat currency & 34 Trillion dollar debt. Basically, fake democracy & parasitic slave trade, living off a propagandized, brainwashed, xenophobic population.
You are so right. Brit married to an American and we moved back to the UK and love it.
I worked as an engineer at IBM and got 35 days holiday plus public holidays paid. As I was a bit of a workaholic, I tended to only use 15 days a year but the company insisted that I take any remaining holiday before the end of the year (this meant that I never worked for most of December). In 2003, I had a minor stroke which resulted in being off sick for 6 months - all on full pay with regular welfare visits from my manager to see how I was coping. In 2006, my daughter contracted cancer and died - IBM immediately told me to take as much time off as I needed (with a minimum of 2 weeks) on full pay as compassionate leave. This goes to show just how generous an American company can be - when NOT in America!
similar I worked for an American company and had to visit America just after a 2 week holiday in Egypt, to say I basically got off one plane and off to another to fly to the states, obviously I didn't work the first day, I landed at 8 in the morning, they had their minds blown away that I had 35 days holiday like you and bank holidays, most only got 2-3 or long term ones 10 days
Because by law, they have to be!!!
My daughter had cancer and I was signed off for three months full pay and after that I would get half pay for three months, she fine now and and I appreciate the UK.
I'm so pleased your daughter is well now .my circumstances was different but I had the same protection. It really helped me recover.
Great to hear your baby is on the mend 🥳🥳
Back in the mid '00's I got diagnosed with stage 4 cancer & was unable to work for a little under a year. I was paid the whole time, either by my employer or the government. Free health care the whole time. Beat it in 1 cycle of chemotherapy & all better now.
But even little things like my regional manager gave me extra help. I worked for Blockbusters & he'd pay me out of his own pocket to write film reviews while I was sick. So I got 10 free films a week. Got paid for my whole time off to write a review of each film. That wasn't published, it was only for customers to help them choose the best film for themselves.
I was regularly bought treats, snack & even sent stuff like home made cakes from customers. EVERYONE went above & beyond to help me out & I will always be in their dept for their great help & support. When friends in the US heard that they thought I was lying
I'm happy to read that you were treated so kindly, stay well 🙋♀️🇬🇧💖
@@JenniferRussell-qw2co full credit goes to the Surgeons, Dr's & nurses at the hospital where I was treated. I can't sing their praise enough & they don't get enough credit for all the hard work they do for everyone
If you are impressed by the UK work standards you will be mind blow by the Nordic workers rights
As UK postman,I get 7 weeks holiday
In my experience in the UK, most employers give slightly or much better terms than the legal minimum. If you have a job where you are difficult to replace - even reasonably unskilled, but trained to a standard - employers realise that it is cheaper to retain experience. At the height of my career I had crazy holiday time, but as I enjoyed the job and was very busy, I used less than basic holiday time. Happy employees work hard.
I worked for a US company but based in the UK, and I got all the perks thanks to UK employment laws.
I took more than 52 weeks maternity leave, as you still accrue your 28 days holiday when on maternity leave, so I took some time off at the end of my 52 weeks.
I decided to go from full time (37.5 hrs a week) to part time (22 hrs a week) when I returned after my baby.
I still got paid holidays and sick leave, it was just calculated on a pro-rata basis
It's not just the UK, most of europe's workers have at least 20 days paid off vacation days ( of course u need to give them at least 2 weeks up front so they can find a replacement if needed ). And if I'm sick I'm sick, longer than 3 days i ask my doctor for a note ( depending on my sickness i either go to the doc myself, and if I can't leave the house the doc comes to me ). In total ( not including national holidays ) i got 30 days of paid vacation a year, and its mandatory. Btw i love your accent!! ❤
It's not crazy, it's humane and caring.
Our workers rights add that to our NHS benefits and tell me America is a better place to live
Example I had ambulance to the hospital 12 hours in recess three days on a ward when I was discharged, my doctor appointment every other day, telephone conference checkup every other day full medication. Total cost to me. £0. I know we pay in our taxes, but our taxes are a lot less than your health insurance and we have no deductibles
I went to hospital with a large abcess sat in A&E for an hour was examined admitted found a bed operated on an hour later and put in a bed was in for 6 days having intravenious antibiotics every 6 hours then releasesed with 28 days supply of drugs and had to go to my local clinic every day for 8 weels to have a dressing cleaned and changed .... 10 weeks off work on full ay and no charge ... Godbless the NHS .... shame on you America
@@DEANKEITH-f2p and they say they are the greatest country in the world where thousands of people die every year because they cannot afford medical care. They call it socialism but it’s not, it’s our NHS it belongs to the people. We pay less in our tax for the NHS than they do in medical insurance. Thank God, I’m British
Just think, all the USA needs to fund it's own national health service would be 5% of the tax currently used to fund the military.
This is tax money you already pay and don't have a choice in where it goes.
USA could pay for it's own NHS many times over if it didn't spend more % of tax money on war than any other country.
Well said Doc. Well said. Have a good 🥰🥰
The problem is that a lot of Americans aren't that curious and just accept that they're 'the land of the free' without looking to see what other countries do for their citizens, people also forget that they are responsible for who the vote for and the policies that their chosen representative stands on. The world freedom index is quite telling as America isn't close to the top of the list.
But sick pay is communism :/
Here in the UK we get a MINIMUM of 28 days holiday (P.T.O.) per year which equates to 5 weeks and 3 days.
And it is ILLEGAL for an Employer to either tell you or ask you to use any of those as 'Sick Days'. 😊
UK here, I get 30 days paid holiday (extra days for long service) plus all bank holidays 8 more days (public holidays) and paid sick leave. 1 year i had 2 operations off work for 6 weeks first time and 4 weeks second time and still had to take all my holiday days before the end of the year.
I am in the UK and was once off work for 4 months with stress and got paid my full wage throughout!
My daughter is currently on Maternity Leave for an entire year! Lots of it on full pay.
I'm now retired, but in the UK I had 30 days paid leave PLUS the bank/public holidays, so 38 in all. I also had 12 months sick pay with 6 months on full pay and another 6 on half. Company rules said I had to take at least one holiday period of two weeks in one go each year. If you wanted to take a much bigger break, e.g. a month to visit relatives in New Zealand, that was fine, just give plenty of notice.
When I was widowed,I was given 2 months of fully paid compassionate leave.
Most states in the US are At-Will states. This means that the employer can fire you at any time for any or no reason., with no notice. Yes this means that Americans generally do not know from day to day if they will have a job the next morning.
Employees are also supposed to have this right, however, if you quit a job with no notice, you will get a bad reference, so most people give 2 weeks notice so they get at least a fair reference. I was not allowed a single day off for over 10 years. When I did finally get a week vacation, I moved to Australia LoL. That company was REALLY unhappy LoL
Most jobs force the employee to sign a paper that says if they attempt to unionize, that is grounds for immediate termination. Most job make you sign it, or no job. That is why you don't see people doing this often. Can't afford to lose their job. There is so much more, but I am happy I live in Australia! :)
Thanks so much for sharing that I really appreciate it. 🥰
Me too!
I'm in Scotland, work for NHS, I get 33 days paid annual leave plus 8 days paid public holidays per year. We also work flexi time so we can build up some flexi and have a day off a month 😃
This Vid did not mention the Elephant in the room , that is most of our "Workers Rights " were over the years negotiated between the Employers and the Government by uncorrupted trade Unions working on behalf of thier members
Hello Island Girl....love the channel remember the 28 days vacation time offered in the UK (5.6 weeks in you work a 5 day week) is the absolute minimum......I've worked for the same company for years so I get the equivalent of 8 weeks off - fully paid
I got up to 6 months full pay when I was sick too.
That’s just amazing it hear. That will never happen in the US they would rather let you go and get someone new to pay them less than to do that so sad😔. Thanks for sharing 🥰🥰
In Norway we are paid 100% sallary when we are sick. Not really a time limit either.
I had an accident at home and had severe facial injuries and a damaged hand.
I was off work for 5 weeks, paid.
I had a holiday booked at the time and got those days back.
I needed a lot of dental work and physiotherapy, all paid time off, in fact my boss told me to take half a day for many appointments.
Its totally different.
In the US, they work you to burnout and then you can't have time off, you become sick, lose your job and health insurance and go bankrupt, causing more stress....
Its not right
When my mum had her stroke her company carried on paying her for nearly two years on almost full pay (She did collapse at work) but they where great with her and still inquire about her when I go in
The last six months of mat leave are usually half pay in the uk the first six months are full pay at least if you work for the NHS
Managers manage, to expect anyone to do their job for cover is absurd... If you call in it's their problem not yours, you are ill ...
I was hospitalised for 2 weeks - I got paid full wages by my employee & they also sent me a bouquet of flowers
Oh wow that’s amazing. Not here it ain’t going to happen it’s sad😔. Than is for sharing 🥰
Norwegian here - I was hospitalized for "only" one week with lung failure and sever heart failure. I had a full year of sickness leave at 100% pay. Later I had a month of rehab - including PT, accommodation, food, various medical professionals. Total cost - about $10 (for the initial ER visit).
Belgium, 2 months full pay by employer, then healthcare takes over at 60%-70% percent of your wages. Healtcare isn't free but a large part gets refunded or subtracted before you pay the invoice.
It depends on the employer but most likely you will be sent home if you are ill. Especially since the pandemic as the employers fear their whole workforce will get infected.
No doctors' notice is required for 1 day and there are now talks about extending this to 3 days.
Do you think 4 weeks is unusual? We in my country get 4 weeks PLUS Long Service Leave PLUS the week off between Christmas and New Year. We also get 11 paid public holidays, sick leave, bereavement leave, and leave to work with volunteer organisations like the Bush Fire Brigade.
don't be sad... VOTE!
Hi Island girl. When I was working for bosses in the UK in my younger yrs there were times when I didn't actually take the months holiday I was entitled to so I did used to double my wages at times. Basically I went to work when I actually booked a holiday so I got what is effectively double bubble at times meaning I earned my wages for the week I was supposed to be off for a holiday which did work out quite well for some of my holiday because the weeks I did that I actually took home a week's pay and a week's holiday pay effectively taking home £1500 per week when I was in my 20's as for sick pay days i never actually became sick but when on the odd occasion i was sick i used to get paid anyway
This is why EVERY worker needs to join a union
And UK is like US of Europe for europeans. Try french social system.
Worth remembering that what Evan talks about is the legal minimum. Many companies offer well above these minimums to attract employees.
Also, with maternity leave you are not allowed to go back to work within 2 weeks of giving birth. 4 weeks if you work in a factory. Your employer has to assume you are taking the full 52 weeks so you have to give them 8 weeks notice if you want to go back earlier. You are entitled to all pay increases and bonuses while you're off too. You are not allowed to be disadvantaged juat because you had a baby. Doesn’t always work in practice, but mostly it's good.
The UK isn't even anywhere near the best when it comes to these things either.
The company I worked for had a six day work week.Hours were reduced,but we still did 6 days but got off every 6th week.Plus we had 5 weeks annual leave.One feller used to take his five between two,so nearly 2 months off in one go,and he still only had to wait 5 weeks for another break.Good times.
I get 33 paid holidays and 8 paid bank holiday days , I get up to 6 months full pay sick days , we can take up to 12 months maternity leave , first 6 months at full pay , the next 3 months is 75% and the next 3 months you have to stand yourself
I'm 68, still working , but only part time, 12 hours a week, but STILL get 15 days paid holiday per year and all the benefits that full time workers get....BY LAW !!
UK employers HAVE to make sure that you take your holidays !
In the UK you only need a " doctors note" if you are off for 7 days in a row, including weekends.
Why would you NOT be allowed to be with your new born baby !?
What is truly horrendous about the US is that you pay for childbirth.
With universal healthcare via taxes, you don't have any bills for anything
My heart breaks for the good people of America 😢 🙋♀️🇬🇧🇺🇲💖
Thanks for sharing
I remember working 20/26 hour per week job where I got 28 days holiday plus they had to give you bank holidays as well because the office was closed.
The company I work for is US owned and I sometimes talk to my American counterparts, it's shocking the differences between the two employment contracts. I get 32 days paid holiday a year (which includes 8 Bank holidays (public holidays)) and I am also allowed to take time off unpaid if I need to but there's no set minimum or maximum for that and it's at our manager's discretion based on company needs. I am also entitled to 26 weeks sick leave on full pay. After the 26 weeks the amount my employer pays reduces by the amount the Government gives in what is called Statutory Sick Pay. So the Government would pay me £95 a week and my employer would pay me the rest to basically make up my full wage for another 26 weeks. My employer also gives me 8 days bereavement leave on full pay and I can take longer unpaid if I feel I need to.
Another thing that shocked me was how much we are paid compared to my equivalents in the US, even basic fairly unskilled Warehouse workers. We are paid markedly above the UK minimum wage and I earn the equivalent of $5.50 an hour more than the equivalent workers I spoke to in a couple of depots in the US. We also received a 5% raise in April and are being given another 3% from next month.
Island Girlz blessings
On the "reasonable" thing: In UK law there is an idea called the "Reasonable man" - imagine a sensible working man off the street, no mental illness or massive prejudice, just a regular guy. If this theoretical "reasonable man" would say that something is not "reasonable" - well, it's not. So if a business tried to argue that 24 hrs to mourn a child was "reasonable" the law would say "no, it's not, because any sensible, right thinking person would say it's not" - that's why the "reasonable" works without specifying. If someone is still breaking into tears 3 weeks, 3 months later - well no-one who is "reasonable" would demand they be working, so the business can't!
Lord Scarman?
@@nigelhamilton815 I think originally Sir Edward Hall Alderson? But he may well have used the term as well for the first time in a different area of law...
Not just the UK, same in Ireland and it was the same when I worked in New Zealand, which was over FORTY YEARS AGO now [making me feel really old] so it's nothing new or unusual. In fact it's NORMAL.
Back in the 1970 s as a nurse working in a care home it was 2 weeks payed holiday but more years you stay you get more holiday days
In Canada you can take up to 18 months of maternity/paternity leave and shared, with Government Employment Income covering a total of 18 months.
Yeah, I think I got 5 weeks paid holiday at my first job. Later I got more.
At that time we got full pay when sick, from the first day, later in was changed to a similar system as the UK.
On top of that, overtime was kind of prohibited by the companies, since they'd have to "pay me back with an interest", meaning if I worked late for one hour, they'd have to pay me 1.5 times as much; if I worked on the weekend, they'd have to pay me 2 times as much (which could be used to extend my vacation time.
My bosses usually had to force some employers to use at least some of their vacation time, since, well, some people are workoholics, and that's not really good for the company.
I'm not up to date with how it works with maternity/paternity leave, but I'm pretty sure it's better than in the UK.
Aand if your child gets sick, you (or a relative) can stay home with the child with full pay.
(Sweden)
Oh wow that’s so amazing. That will never happy here in the US not in a million years. It’s sad though that so such a so call greatest country on earth its citizens are treated so badly😔. Thanks for sharing 🥰
We normally get 28days as a minimum 4weeks as holidays that most use to cover Christmas and New Year’s plus a summer holiday, then you get 8 paid bank holidays too, some companies will let you collect them up to use as required and a select few will pay you double time to work and for fit the holiday if they really need you to work
When i worked in the nhs i got around 30 days a year plus at least 1 extra flexi day a month on the extra hours i worked over said month. I had a serious spinal injury and spent 9 months of work 6 months full pay the 6 half pay meanwhile i accrued my holiday entitlement so when i went back i was told use it or lose it! I ended up carrying a week over but i spent most of December of work as we werent allowed to take holiday of any length in feb,mar,apr each year due to when the financial year ended.
Im now disabled and would be homeless in the usa
I worked for the government in the uk for 35 years i got 7 working weeks and 3 days off every year 38 days in all plus i had to have a hip operation and was off for 6 months full pay i had to have the same op again and had another 5 months off at half pay and the government paid the rest so i was off for 11 months and got paid which was fantastic
I used to work for a small magazine publisher which was run by a family. They were very loose with time so we always went out Friday lunch time for food, around 2pm as the next bottle of wine arrived, the boss would say see you on Monday. They gave us 6 weeks holiday which we took when we needed it. Plus 3 weeks off Christmas and new year ( they would go on holiday) July another 3 weeks when they took their kids on holiday. Every November they took us on a long weekend away ( Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin). The job was very tough. Honestly it gave me an ulcer.
We had to fight and organise through unions to get this. Now we will never give it up. The US don't realise that you have to organise and fight for you rights. these videos make it sound like we have always had thee rights. I remember when my father had to go on marches for rights when I was young
Its closer to 6 weeks holiday paid because when you take a week off only 5 days holiday pay is used as your standard 2 days off arnt counted. My employer paid me full salary for 6 months after breaking my ankles. I came back then took 2 weeks holiday as i hadn't used my days. I didn't want to take more time off in holiday as was bored my employer paid me cash for the rest of the unused days so i got my salary doubled for a month. Also the company i work for has a family policy where they never refuse time off to care for children this isn't paid but very handy for drs appointment etc.
Oh wow that’s just amazing The Uk is awesome! Thanks for sharing have a good one 🥰🥰
I get 32 days paid holiday plus 11 paid days public holidays in Germany. Also, I have to take my holiday.
In total 43 days off fully paid days.
In 2021 I was off sick for 6 weeks but it was all covered by my health incurance.
I took 3 months off sick then did phased return for 3 months and got full pay. Phased return I did an hour for a week and week by week increased till back to full time.
I've just had a stomach operation, (paid for by N.H.S., cost to me £0.) Had to recover at home 6 weeks off. All fully paid, in fact was intitled if needed to 6 months!
I work for a huge American company, and when we expanded to the UK, i was asked to help train the new staff, i was there for 2 years and my company was furious that by law they had to give me 6weeks vacation and also pay me at least minimum wage, they genuinely thought that the English would have to work to there rules because theywere an American company, they decided not to expand to the UK after all because they hated the workers rights laws, anyway by this time i had met the love of my life and became a British citizen, we Americans have no idea how bad we have it, when we go to visit my family i feel like crying, when my dad and brothers cant even take time off to spend the day with us, my wife is expecting a baby soon and it will all be free (out of taxes) but my family wont be able to visit as the vacation restrictions are so bad, i would love for them to move here and see how life should be lived, the pub life, the food, the deep friendships that are forged when you have time and aren't so stressed, i work 40hrs per week but the stress is non existent, though i love my country, i would never raise my child in it
To many in the US, workers' rights and social care = communism. Bernie Sanders is treated as a "far-left" extremist by people who don't realise it's just normal in Europe.
@@Shoomer1988 He is far left, no Europe isn't like that, on here spotting rubbish again lol!!!
@@havoc6_1_6 You just keep saying things that are simple not true. Sanders wants a single-payer health system - we have one (the NHS), as does most of Europe . Sanders wants reasonable basic paid leave and holidays on a level that we have. Name one single thing that Bernie Sanders wants, that would be considered far-left over here. Just one. I dare you.
@@Shoomer1988 He supports open boarders and @BorTi0n, simple really....doh!!!
@@havoc6_1_6 He doesn't support open borders (a word that you can't even spell) - prove me wrong. Give me one single legit bit of proof he supports open borders. Just one. And as for the other thing - well, I asked for something that would be considered far left here - it's legal here, it's legal in most countries on earth - that doesn't sound very far left. You know where it isn't legal - Iran, Afghanistan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Are you still sure you want to be against it?
ANNUAL holiday leave in Australia
According to the Fair Work Ombudsman, full-time workers in Australia are due four weeks paid annual leave. Part-time employees receive the equivalent based on their hours of work. For example, if a part-time employee works two and a half days per week, they receive 10 days (half) annual leave.
24.10 per hour REPRESENTS the MINIMUM wage Australian dollars
What is the minimum wage in Australia? From 1 July 2024, the minimum wage is $24.10 per hour, or $915.90 per 38-hour week. This is a 3.75% increase in the national minimum wage. This increase applies from the first full pay period starting on or after 1 July 2024.
SICK LEAVE in Australia:
Full-time and part-time employees can take paid sick leave if they can't work because of a personal illness or injury. Full-time employees are entitled to 10 sick days per year. The leave is pro-rata for part-time employees. Unused sick and carer's leave is carried over to the next year
and it just gets better:
LONG SERVICE LEAVE in Australia
Long service leave is a period of time that you can take off work, with pay. You'll be eligible for 13 weeks' paid leave after 10 years continuous service with your current employer. You will then continue to accrue long service leave at the rate of 1.3 weeks' leave for each subsequent year of service after that.
And the icing on the cake? yes Parental leave is PAID leave
Australia's combined approach to parental leave provides some flexibility about when parental leave can be used. If available, fathers/partners tend to take employer paid parental leave, rather than government funded parental leave.
PARENTAL government funds LEAVE - after a new baby is added to the family then an employee can take PARENTAL leave - Usually the mother will take the parental leave :
On 1 July 2024 the total Parental Leave Pay available to families increased to 22 weeks or 110 days, based on a 5 day work week.
How many Parental Leave Pay days your family will get depends on your child's date of birth or adoption.
Australia’s Government Paid Parental Leave has been expanded by two weeks as we progress towards 26 weeks in 2026.
From July 1, parents will receive 22 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, up from 20 weeks, resulting in more support as parents take time out of work to care for their newborn.
The scheme will continue to expand each year until the Government’s Paid Parental Leave scheme reaches 26 weeks in July 2026
COMPULSORY SUPERANNUATION in Australia
Superannuation is a government policy designed to encourage people to accumulate savings for their financial freedom during retirement and rely less on the age pension. The government regulates contributions, taxation, and the management of superannuation savings.
The Super Guarantee (SG) requires employers to contribute a minimum percentage of an eligible employee’s earnings to a super fund, which acts as a retirement savings account that can’t be accessed until you reach your ‘preservation’ or retirement age.
On top of the SG contributions, employees can make voluntary personal contributions. There are tax benefits and also limits on these contributions.
So when you do retire you have accumulated a massive amount invested - from your funds AND the amount your employer has to contribute AND all that your investment earned all the time it has been invested for your future benefit in retirement.
The major flaw with the US: Individual rights over the collective. Added to that, the more the wealth of the individual, the more the power. Britain, Australia, New Zealand and other nations I know that are similar, put the collective of that country over the individual. This means people, not corporations, have the power in their voting systems ..... Americans call this Communist Socialism: Americans need re educating.
Missed you! Well this regular schmegular is now medically retired and i get help from the government now, a lot of help. Along with the NHS, I doubt I'd even still be alive if I lived in America. Scotland 🏴 all the way ❤
I was off work for over 4 months, and I work for an american company in the UK. And I was on full pay during the whole period
In our country (Croatia), you receive 85% of your salary for up to 42 days of sick leave. Longer continuously less, but if you stay for three months continuously you get a certain amount from the state.
Maternity leave of two variants (I may be wrong, but it doesn't matter) mother 6 months, father 6 months (not at the same time) or better mother 12 months father 2 months (after the mother) which can be used at any time until the child's 8 (I think) years. The mother has the right to the days before the birth, and the father 2 weeks after the birth to be with the mother.
Annual vacation, for a minimum duration of 24 days, allowances for seniority, etc., up to over 30 days.
Depending on the union's contract with the employer, usually up to 8 days for various needs.
Oncology patients and similar seriously ill patients are entitled to an inclusive allowance paid by the state, depending on the extent of physical damage.
With, of course, almost free medical care. Solidarity public healthcare.
The regulations change here and there, I don't follow too much, so maybe some of this information is not completely accurate, but mostly that's it.
With the worker shortage they say is happening in the US, maybe this would be the time to change the employment law. I find it horrifying that your sick time is unpaid, but then on top of that, the doctor/hospital care costs you money, so if you're living paycheck to paycheck you can see how easy it is for families to become homeless.
Tanya it’s so sad that’s how it is here😔😔. Yes that’s why there are so many homeless ppl here.
The UK not good atm, honesty.
Anyway, you bring me joy. Just watching your reactions, fun and interesting. Bless you. Love from London. Jan 🧡
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Last summer i had a knee accident and was sick for 7 weeks. In Germany up to 6 continuing weeks per sickness, injury etc. You get paid 100% of your income and after that time about i think 70%. I personaly have additional private sick leave insurance for 10,70€ per month that covers up the difference to 90%. I was so pissed to lose these 10% for a week 😅. Youre also protected to be fired during this time.
By the way that’s 4 weeks plus all the bank holidays. Also in my job after working there 6 years I was ( not just me of course) an extra weeks annual leave. People also have Paid sick leave, full wages for six months, half pay for another six months.
They can issue sick notes remotely here in the UK after a phone call with your doc
It's all due to hard fought battles by UK trade unions, since the first British Trade union was formed in 1717, that we have all of these workers rights. 🫡 In the UK all the different trade unions help and support each other to get worker rights laws in place for all their members. They aren't fighting each other for lobbying power, instead different industries strike in support of each other's grievances and our Unions are collectively considered our largest and most influential lobbying block (Our government listens to them unlike in the US where it seems to be just "lip Service")
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Seeing this as someone living in the Netherlands I thought British laws were like similar to Dutch laws but I see now that isnt the case. We get 70% of our monthly salary payed if we get sick, up to 2 years, and after that you can apply for government funding. But in exchange we dont have entirely free healthcare (cost is like max 150 euro/month) so I guess it cancels itself out.
The paid holliday weeks differ a bit too, we get a minimum of 4 weeks mandatory paid leave and not 5.6 as in the UK. I have a little bit of a deal with my boss tho, everyone in the company I work for can opt to let the overtime they work be transformed into paid leave. I have a contract for 32 hours and if I work an extra 8 hour shift, I dont get paid but I get an extra day leave. Its really cool because I can just work extra shifts and save up to go on vacation after all my vacation days that I got for the year are gone.
Our unions regogniced that it's not just about the hourly rate. Improvements in working conditions are just as important.
Holiday goes up with tenure too up to a maximum of I think 8 weeks a year. Which is nice.
I am SO happy to be danish
If, on vacation, you get sick in 4 days, you will get those 4 days of vacation later.
In Europe we have something called UNIONS. They have more power than the companies
McDonald's tried to go around the law of the union. Every company that delivered papir, oil, bread stopped deliver anything
I get sick pay from the forth day onwards.
Which stops people taking a single day off and claiming sick for it. If you're out for three days or more, then you're out sick and get paid.
Holiday pay is 4 weeks minimum fully paid.
There was a time 10/20 years ago if you did not take your holidays you would still get paid at the end of the year for them. But now a company has to legally make you take the holidays away from work.
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Similar situation in New Zealand, IG. Workers have rights by law and employers will be prosecuted by the government if the they are nor provided. America is such a backward country. BTW, which Island? 🙂Sounds like Jamaica to me 🙂
Oh wow that’s just awesome. Yes backward indeed just for the sake of money. Thanks for sharing🥰
Join the union and sign up your coworkers. That is how we did it in the UK.
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Reasonable in the U.K. seems to be around 3 weeks or until after the funeral from what I have seen with friends losing relatives. I don’t think it’s set in stone but it seems about average. I also know someone that was off several months but she needed signing off from her dr for that long
Its not all bad, changes are being made, as long as you vote the right people in, you can have the things europe has. For example in 2023 at The 93rd Minnesota Legislature, Gov. Tim Walz signed into Minnesota law, laws including requiring paid leave, banning noncompete agreements, cannabis legalization, and environmental issues, tax modifications, codifying abortion rights, universal free school meals, and universal gun background checks. All of these amazing advancements for americans in that state, you guys are getting there. In June 2024, Walz also signed the Minnesota Debt Fairness Act, which is an act that prevented medical debt from affecting your credit score and prevented the denial of medical care to those in debt. Vote for the right people that actually have policy changes they want to make for americans rights, Tim Walz and kamala are a great example, as a european id be happy to vote for them.
These differences come from a long time ago. The US was the only country that had a civil war to end slavery. And they failed. They changed the name to "capitalism" to seem fair and legal. While in the 1950s onwards the US fought the communists, many European countries elected trade unionists, most of them with links to communist parties, and also communist deputies to parliaments and governments. That made all the difference. Nothing was offered, everything was achieved with many labor struggles, strikes, protests, etc.
Retired now but in my work years at times I worked for two US Fortune 500 companies. I spoke with my colleagues all over Europe and in the whole of Europe those American companies had no problems giving sick days on full pay, holidays and public holidays. As the laws of the land in those countries said they had to do this by law they just did it. However in the US it was a very different matter, there they paid and gave as little as they could possibly because they had lobbied their Representatives to make the law so they decided what was fair and not the elected officials. Whatever they paid in political donations they more than made up for in what they didn't have to pay their workers. With one of those companies not only did I get four week paid holiday plus all the UK public holidays but I also got US national holidays because they felt if I couldn't contact one of my US colleagues when they were off it might mean I had a wasted day. So in effect I got 35 paid days off a year. As he said in the video once you get over a certain number of days it starts to make work actually harder so you simply go into work even if you don't have to.
I was once doing a training course in Germany during a software implementation and a person from HR came in and forced one of the attendees to leave the session and go home because if he didn't the company would get into trouble because he had not taken his holiday entitlement and if he didn't go then he would make the number of days he had to take off.
A month off is seriously not a lot imo.(that are free to choose, the additional days for Christmas and such don't count for much imo.)
6 weeks is my minimum.
Non-paid time off is rather rare over here in Belgium because generally there are just a lot of reasons to take time off that are valid.
Like I needed to move house. So I got a paid day off extra. Not from my 32 days of I have each year(that's the MINIMUM by the way for a 40 hour work week. 32 days pto + 10 holidays) but just an extra day, by law, that yes, people moving house can get a day off to do so.
Four weeks of paid holidays ( PLUS public holidays, PLUS sick leave) is the legal minimum throughout the EU. Almost everybody gets more.
Its not just the UK, most of the developed world has these or similar rights
It's not increadible, it's very common across (almost) all of Europe. USA is so, so broken.
Plus Australia and New Zealand 🎉
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we have a decent nhs, with some real heros working for the nhs. its not free as the euopean way is we pay for all these things with our taxes. but generally the sysem works very well. the doctors are not driven by profit.
in a recent job i needed a few days off following a minor eye op. my work coleague needed a couple of months off following cancer surgary we both got full pay. and were told to take what ever time we needed. i really apreciated this and repaid my employer with my loyalty
It’s more than seven days not three days and it’s not free money it’s tax payers paying national insurance that covers it they don’t just give any person arriving in the UK sick pay and you have to provide medical proof you were sick ie letter from doctor or proof of being in hospital it’s not that easy to get sick pay
By the time I had to retire through ill health in mid 40s, I was entitled to 6 weeks paid holiday.
The extraction of maximum profit from its host, is the American way. From cradle to grave.
Since this video was made the law about maternity/paternity leave has changed. The weeks are now interchangeable between mothers & fathers, whicn may work better some parents after the first few weeks/months 🙋♀️🇬🇧💖
The company I worked for gave you 30 days holiday plus bank holidays... and if sick you got 6 months at full pay then 6 months at half psy
Ahhh that's the land of the FREE (small print: Free to get shafted, everything else costs)!!
Any people in the US still think we all want to live in there. The internet has mostly killed that off
It's not crazy, it's the LAW!! The ordinary working person fought for these rights that we in the UK enjoy today.
What I find abhorrent about the US and their utter contempt for workers, Americans just dont "get it'....if you're American, here's a stark fact.....the rest of the civilised world abolished slavery......apparently America forgot..........guys you REALLY need to wake up over there!!! The rest of the civilised world doesn't tolerate this, WHY do you???!!!! THAT'S crazy!!!
It's wonderful that everyone has small amount of insurance taken from their salary every month, for nhs, free eye tests, doctor, ambulance etc rather than to greedy insurance companies.
How do low paid in US afford health insurance, holidays or even eye tests.