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0 pointslbriner6y ago0 comments

So you had good people that you wanted to get back? Great. A lot of us employ people who are just average and cannot afford to pay them multiple thousands while they are on leave, paying someone else to cover them, and then they could always decide to leave anyway.

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durandal16y ago

If you can't afford an employee going on paternity/maternity leave, you have an unsustainable business.

legostormtroopr6y ago

Or you have a small business. Not every company is a 10,000 headcount multinational. Over 90% of small business employ fewer than 20 people and small businesses make up 30% of the economy.

Realistically, 1 person missing from a small business can mean 10% of their workforce is gone - and due to the size of the company they may not have people to cover the missing staff.

bashinator6y ago

If small businesses in general can't afford an employee going on [mp]aternity leave, that seems like an argument for socializing the cost.

growse6y ago

You don't need to have 10,000 people working for you to be able to afford to hire cover for when people going on parental leave.

10 people or 10,000 people, if you can't afford your staff going on parental leave / long term sick / vacation, you don't have a sustainable business.

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seszett6y ago

The company doesn't pay employees while they are on leave, social security (or some equivalent) does.

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