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A recent Wall Street Journal article — an actual article, in the workplace/lifestyle section, not even an op-ed! — laments the recent trend of horrible, lazy workers who, umm … *checks notes* … tak…
  • jarfil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Indefinitely. No maximum. As long as the doctor says

    I work in Spain, happen to be on sick leave/disability, and that’s not exactly correct:

    • The doctor can only authorize 365 days of paid sick leave
    • After that, you get back to your company’s health insurer (“mutua”) who has 180 days of paid sick leave to either:
      • Treat you until you’re healed (or claim you’re healed) and put you back to work (if you refuse, you get fired)
      • Grant you permanent disability

    If the insurer decides that you’re healed, you can’t go back onto a sick leave for the same reason for… I think it’s 6 months.

    • Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      Right right, if your leave is longer than a year the permanent inability (incapacidad permanente, diferente a una discapacidad) cards pop up, since chances are you will never be able to be able to return to the same work you did, like an ernia for a driver and so on.

      In any case, people taking a year long leave is kind of rare and it’s practically limitless compared to the 2-30 days the other mentioned countries get.

      Good luck with your situation.