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MotherPierogi t1_j0ibirq wrote

This is not unique to China. It's been happening in the US, too. Even during the height of COVID, major healthcare organizations refused to pay for COVID time off unless you were able to prove you contracted it from exposure at work. A lot of healthcare organizations also don't care if anyone in your household is positive, you will continue to work until you've tested positive.

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WritingTheRongs t1_j0ifzis wrote

i work for a major health care organization. we got 14 days paid if we got covid no questions asked. Which makes sense because it is not possible to prove where you caught a virus.

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mokutou t1_j0jguqy wrote

The hospital system I worked for set it in policy that workers comp could not be invoked for a serious COVID infection in an employee because they said it was extremely unlikely that employees would pick it up from work if they followed proper transmission-based protocols.

This was when we were using the same N95 masks until they literally fell apart.

We technically got unlimited sick days if it was COVID or suspected COVID, but it wasn’t paid unless we used our vacation time.

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