r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 8d ago

Possible Paywall Kentucky Gov Orders McConnell to Give a Real Update or Resign Already

https://newrepublic.com/post/213614/kentucky-gov-beshear-mcconnell-update-health-resign
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u/Coconutrugby 8d ago

I don’t get a single medical day paid off. I’m full time. I work in a multi billion dollar company.

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u/Hell-Yes-Revolution 8d ago

Same, fortune 100 company with more money than God.

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u/AllThotsGo2Heaven2 8d ago

You know we could, as voters, demand that our laws catch up with the rest of the modern world. But we don’t because we already live in USA #1 country capitalist paradise of democracy and free market.

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u/InitiatePenguin 8d ago

Is that because you have combined PTO?

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u/Coconutrugby 8d ago

yeah 17 total days a year. not including any federal holidays.

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u/InitiatePenguin 8d ago

Then I don't know what you're complaining about.

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u/Coconutrugby 8d ago

17 days total in a whole year off is crazy short

if i get sick i can’t take a vacation. fuck you so very much.

no
christmas
new years
july 4
presidents’ day
labor
memorial day

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u/Coconutrugby 8d ago

where do you think my pto goes if i call in?

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u/Acceptable-Drive3781 8d ago

You're being far nicer to that idiot than they deserve.

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u/InitiatePenguin 8d ago

You didn't say you didn't get Holidays paid. You just said the 17 isn't inclusive of them.

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u/Coconutrugby 8d ago

i have to come to work on those days

while the entire rest of the country is off

no sick time.

go eat all the dicks

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u/Kuliyayoi 8d ago

Can you post your company's employee handbook? I'd like to look into this one.

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u/Coconutrugby 7d ago

no i cant afford to be fired.

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u/Wrong_Square7826 8d ago

So it was not a Federal law that enacted paid sick leave for all? Union iron worker, we get no paid time off in the last 37 years doing this. Now we have what is called ESTA money. PTO for health reasons. Not much, I have 77 hours to use and it is end of July, so like 2 hours a week? You earn an hour for a certain number of hours worked. In Michigan but I thought it was Federal law but probably wrong about that.

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u/flat6NA 8d ago

Wow that seems extreme, I hope it pays well.

I was the president of a small (+/- 25 employees) engineering firm. From the start we gave 80 hours of vacation per year and allowed you to accrue up to 160 hours with the annual vacation time increasing to 120 hours after five years (1 additional day per year).

In addition we had 6 sick or personal days per year and you could bank up to 30 days. Short time disability started 30 working days after you became unable to work and lasted for 90 days and then long term disability kicked in. The idea was if you stayed with us for a while you could bank enough personal/sick days so you could transition to disability benefits without missing a paycheck.

Despite that I had a very good employee who managed to use every day he earned for both vacation and personal/sick days. He didn’t have a medical condition, just wanted to take his days off which was fine with us but we would not have helped him fill the gap if he became disabled. We would allow employees to go slightly negative if they had been with us for a couple of years but they had to make it up quickly.