I assume this is just restaurants, not construction as I think you referred to earlier, right?
Restaurants, retail, hotels, casinos, golf courses, bowling alleys, movie theaters, call centers, and so on. I haven't worked construction, but I would guess that if the manager is a qualified welder, that he would fill in there as well. If not, well, either the project is getting delayed for a couple of days or they're going to be paying one of the other welders 150%. Which he could often then use to take unpaid vacation time, if he wants to.
unemployment insurance is generally a percentage of what you earn (paid by the state).
Yes, it's the same here, though the company is on the hook to pay at least some of it. (They tend to hate paying unemployment lol).
I don't really get the impression that waiters are overworked, though they may be.
Exactly. It depends on the restaurant in question.
But ordinary wage laborers, company men, etc.
Well again, if they do more than 40 hours, they're getting 150%. For company men (I assume you mean the laptop class), as a perk they will often get "unlimited" vacation time within reason, as long as their work is getting done.
5 days PTO and 11 "sick days'.
Yeah, that's a crappy company. It's very standard to offer 2 weeks PTO to new employees, often getting more the longer you work there. As far as sick days, it's not quite as bad as you think; usually you can use all of your sick time without any problems whatsoever, and going above that will start to get you written up, etc. You usually wouldn't get fired just for taking a 12th sick day. Also, if you call off 2 or more days in a row, you'll often get reduced penalties for the days beyond the first; they'll count it as a single incident. And if you bring a doctor's note, that usually helps as well. Finally, they'll sometimes throw in a few "personal days" per year as well. As I said, we could for sure use more PTO, but it's not as dire as I feel like you're thinking.
workers shouldn't feel that they have to do it for their career.
Yeah, I agree, but again, it's so expensive for the company that it's not a super common thing.
Here, you pay 50% taxes on your marginal income, so it's not very "sweet" at all!
No it isn't, and I'm pretty surprised that Europe doesn't pay OT. But now it's going to be extra sweet here, thanks to Trump's new no tax on overtime!
Restaurants, retail, hotels, casinos, golf courses, bowling alleys, movie theaters, call centers, and so on. I haven't worked construction, but I would guess that if the manager is a qualified welder, that he would fill in there as well. If not, well, either the project is getting delayed for a couple of days or they're going to be paying one of the other welders 150%. Which he could often then use to take unpaid vacation time, if he wants to.
Yes, it's the same here, though the company is on the hook to pay at least some of it. (They tend to hate paying unemployment lol).
Exactly. It depends on the restaurant in question.
Well again, if they do more than 40 hours, they're getting 150%. For company men (I assume you mean the laptop class), as a perk they will often get "unlimited" vacation time within reason, as long as their work is getting done.
Yeah, that's a crappy company. It's very standard to offer 2 weeks PTO to new employees, often getting more the longer you work there. As far as sick days, it's not quite as bad as you think; usually you can use all of your sick time without any problems whatsoever, and going above that will start to get you written up, etc. You usually wouldn't get fired just for taking a 12th sick day. Also, if you call off 2 or more days in a row, you'll often get reduced penalties for the days beyond the first; they'll count it as a single incident. And if you bring a doctor's note, that usually helps as well. Finally, they'll sometimes throw in a few "personal days" per year as well. As I said, we could for sure use more PTO, but it's not as dire as I feel like you're thinking.
Yeah, I agree, but again, it's so expensive for the company that it's not a super common thing.
No it isn't, and I'm pretty surprised that Europe doesn't pay OT. But now it's going to be extra sweet here, thanks to Trump's new no tax on overtime!