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‘Treated like shirkers’: German unions cry foul over Merz’s sick-note crackdown
(www.theguardian.com)
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In the US, I have never in my life gotten a note from the doctor. At best I message my team and say I'm working from home. At worst I message and say I'm sick and not working.
Tbf you can be sick wirh no pay docked for several weeks in germany. That's not the norm in the US