What you have to remember though is that Americans are FREE ...... free to work themselves into the ground, free not to have affordable healthcare, free not to have decent statutory paid holidays, free not to have generous sick leave, it's FREEDOM !
Americans have the Right to own guns and it is a privilege to access healthcare. Only socialists believe healthcare is more important than gun ownership.
Too true. We Brits need those five weeks of holiday to seclude ourselves on a French/Greek/Spanish beach to contemplate our abysmal lack of American freedoms and use up those thousands of pounds we weren't allowed to pay for an x-ray and a sticking plaster when we banged our heads against the wall in desperation at that same lack of freedom.
More like a nation of the corporations, for the corporations, and by the corporations. UK conservatives seem to desire the 19th century, the USA conservatives run the country like the age of robber barons. By the way, the Republicans just proposed making unions illegal and have pledged to get rid of the few worker rights that were established in 1930s. So, we look back for the future.
and the depth of that corruption is something that bypasses most American Citizens as not only do the companies have more rights they actively give money to politicians running for office to keep it that way. Yes they literally bribe politicians to keep workers from having basic rights although Americans would know this as "campaign contributions". Which is only because "campaign contributions" sounds legit whereas bribery and corruption to supress workers doesn't sound so good even though it's the same thing.
I think it’s most of the world. I’m pretty sure there are only something like two or three countries other than the US that aren’t of a similar mind to the majority of countries when it comes to these basic workers rights.
@@lynnejamieson2063 There are two entire sections of the USA where the workers are very anti-union and consistently vote AGAINST worker's rights - the deep south & the great plains. These areas are also heavily evangelical Christian and very supportive of DT & the Republican party. These same states have "right-to-work" laws that basically prohibit or at least hamstring any organized labor activity. These same states are the ones that impose the restrictions that make the news in the rest of the world regarding women's rights. LGBTQ, guns, you name it.
It literally is, the 13th amendment only forbids slaves to be privately owned, there is no such limitations on prisoners (you can force them to work and not obliged to pay anything as long as their sentence last).
Hmm.... 🤔 So much for 'Land if the free' then eh? ... Employment law is way better for the employee in the UK , yes, we have no trust or faith in our government at the moment but at least the laws protect and try to care for our people.
Workers Rights in the UK and Europe were hard fought for by Unions- mostly won in the early decades of the 20th century. Most people have no idea how important Unions and collective bargaining has been in ensuring decent pay and a raft of codes and entitlements at work. Health and Safety included too. The Government interventions here in the UK- That's SOCIAL DEMOCRACY AT WORK! The government provides a safety net to protect the weakest and most vulnerable in society- it's far from perfect but it's sure 1 million times better the US of A! It would appear that most ordinary everyday US workers might be just a couple of pay cheques away from financial ruin and bankruptcy if the suffer severe health issues or loose the job. The insane thing is that Americans seem hell bent on voting against their own best interests, as the recent Presidential Election just proved. Unfortunately things are about to get much worse in the USA and might be several generations before they see any chance of improvement.
There are two entire sections of the USA where the workers are very anti-union and consistently vote AGAINST worker's rights - the deep south & the great plains. These same states are heavily populated by fundamentalist evangelical Christians who are not only extremely conservative, they also fervently believe as part of their religion that any “collective” actions such as unions are inspired by the devil and communism. They actually think that capitalism is inspired by Jesus himself and that unions are an attempt to destroy religion. Think I am making this up? Google Prosperity Theology. They actually believe that sickness and poverty are as curses given to people who are sinners and can only be broken by faith.
@@knockshinnoch1950 the Democrats are no better they all feed from the same trough, just take a look at who funds the Democrats and how they spent billions of donations money on first Biden and then Harris, at least trump hasn't been bought by big business he has no need for there money and he didn't need it to worm his way up into politics, I don't particularly like trump but at East he isn't beholding to anyone who paid for his path through politics, and whilst I am in favour of unions I'm od enough to remebwr the winter of discontent, no electricity, no binmen, no firemen, no coal and no manufacturing, we ended up with no coal mines no car industry and no manufacturing whilst the union leaders became millionaires, Germany has a much better relationship with employers and unions, that's how they became such a manufacturing force with the highest paid workers with the best rights
Absolutely right ! It makes my blood boil sometimes when co-workers criticize the unions, these people really need a history lesson to how the unions struggled to give these same people (well their ancestors) the good wage that they have now. Without the unions fighting for them, do they really, really think that they would have anywhere near the current wage ? Ignorance is bliss it seems !
@@johnatkins-qn2lk 100% It my blood boil when ordinary folks here in the UK vote Tory or other right wing parties. I watched in amazement as a couple on TV were interviewed during the last General election campaign. They had nothing- unemployed and were visiting the food bank. They were Tory voters and were praising the Tories for FOOD BANKS! as there weren't any before the Tories came to power. That' the level of stupidity we're dealing with. It resulted in BREXIT, the rise of Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and of course Trump and Margery Taylor Green and the other wacko's in the US.
100% correct. It’s amazing how the Unions in the UK are demonised now and right wing voters are lapping it up. We have so much to thanks unionised workers for. The last thing we need is American capitalism.
@@TylerRumple It's true, and employers are legally bound to ensure employees physically take their holiday leave. They are not allowed to carry time off over to the next year and are not allowed to just pay employees their holiday wages without the time away from their jobs.
28 days. So 4 weeks plus 3 days over, as a regular day off is not counted as holiday time. Public Holidays are worked as usual, at normal pay. The one exception is Christmas Day, which costs a days holiday time. This is probably the legal minimum, as everything else about my job is the legal minimum.
It doesn't matter what level of work you do in Australia or other developed countries with the exception of the US, there is legislation mandating a minimum level of pay plus working conditions that include reasonable periods of paid holidays, sick leave, parental leave (mother or father) & long service leave. In Australia there is also a leave loading on your holiday pay that gives you extra cash to spend on your holiday. US citizens seem to be that concerned about the government involvement in their lives yet do not complain about the large corporations that dictate their rates of pay & working conditions.
In the UK it's very common to see jobs advertised as being a limited 9-12 month contract (as maternity cover) to fill-in for women who are off-work to care for their babies in the first year. Some women return to work after their maternity leave, others may decide to leave work completely and become full-time housewives and mothers, in which case the person filling in their job may be offered the position on a permanent contract.
Considering how much the UK has become like the USA since 2010, you are slowly getting EXACTLY the same as we are. Zero-hour contracts, pay less than a living wage, needing food banks while employed, having to choose between eating & heating, and universal credit taken to pay rent, utilities, & council tax are just few examples. How much longer before someone offers people the option of less free time & benefits in return for higher wages? How long before a political party declares the NHS bankrupt and everyone is forced into a USA insurance scheme?
@@gregorybiestek3431 well , that's exactly what political parties like Nigel Farage's Reform Party has suggested (even though it's a private company) where he was recorded on tape a few years ago giving a speech at an private event saying the NHS must be sold off and an American style insurance based healthcare system implemented. Which would be utter shit for the poor. And because Reform and the Conservatives are pushing for the repeal of the Human Rights Act, which would remove a lot of workers statutory rights and put workers pay and conditions in law at risk, that would move the UK further towards the US system. Which is probably why Elon Musk is potentially giving Reform millions of dollars to fund their future campaigns. And why we must resist their advances and lies.
@gregorybiestek3431 We've had the 'more wealth for the wealthy' party in power for 14 years. Labour are in now. This is Britain's cycle. The tories go into power, cock everything up but somehow do it in a way that maintains their popularity, eventually lose their popularity for obvious reasons. Then Labour comes in, makes the hard choices and fixes things but are unpopular for it, then the tories come in and start slowly breaking it all again. This next few years should be good for Britain. The right wing media will call it a disaster and the readers will ignore the evidence of their own eyes and ears and believe them.
@@badgerbane ... That's funny how you got things the wrong way round there. I'm old enough to know that Labour always effs things up, and this one's certainly on the same track to maintain their long standing record.
When I moved to the US for six years, I was employed under the terms of the contract I'd previously had in the UK. My work colleagues in Baltimore were miffed that I had 30 days paid leave, when they had only 15. They were full-on angry when I took a further fortnight to care for my 11-yr old son after he suffered a serious injury playing lacrosse at school. (I was a widower with two preteen kids).
Back in 2016 I was diagnosed with cancer. I took eight months off, for the first three weeks I got full wages as sick pay, after this I got 75% of my wages. My boss came to see me every Friday after work for the eight months I was ill. He would bring me cases of ginger beer and gingernut biscuits to help with nausea. He made sure my wife was OK and bought her flowers to cheer her up. At the start of the Covid pandemic we we told to go home and not worry about pay. When inflation rose at the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine we were given a 10% pay increase. The following year we were given another pay increase of 13% UK private companies are totally different to the US. 😊 🏴
Why should the USA business embrace a social workplace culture? That might give the peons the wrong ideas like maybe a better health care system or actual worker rights that might cost the business a tiny amount of its enormous profits.
I think your boss even by uk standards went above and beyond. People are generally far more loyal and hard working for a boss that shows them such respect and consideration that’s for sure.
Yep, Tyler, we are still paid if we are sick. Many people in the UK are typically paid full pay by their employer for at least a couple of weeks before they drop onto the much lower statutory sick pay amount. In my own contract, it is written that I'm allowed up to six weeks of fully paid sick time per year. In the event of serious illness that lasts longer than this, then after the six weeks of full sick pay, I would drop onto statutory sick pay only. Everybody's contract is different depending on the employer but the very minimum you get in the UK is statutory sick pay for the time you are out.
I was on full sick pay for 3 months a number of years ago after a major operation. On returning to work my boss insisted I come in late and leave early to avoid busy busses for a while.
@@irene3196 We get similar, full pay for 3 month, 50% pay for a further 3 month so 6 month total and then SSP and then when you do come back you will generally come back on limited days/hours (usually 2-3 days a week for 4 hours) for a certain amount of time like a month or so.
My employer goes even further, we get six months on full pay then six months on reduced pay with SSP making up the difference for serious conditions that require long term treatment. Your job is also guaranteed to be kept open and when you return you can request reduced hours or light duties for an agreed period of time.
@@kevinh96 My employer goes even further than that! I’ve been very ill with a serious illness, I had full pay for 12 months, I’ve not gone back to work & I’m now on 50% pay until I retire! In January I will have been employed there for 25 years & I will receive £900 vouchers, I also receive 17 extra holiday days but obviously I’m not in a position to take them, but they are valid for 18 months in case I return.
My union negotiated six months on full wages, a further 3 months @ 75% then 3 @ 50% from then on its at my managers discretion but I would get statutory sick pay. Oh and when I broke my leg at the start of my holiday I was not only on full pay while I healed I got my two weeks leave returned to me. 😊
America needs the be more completely Federal! Too much is left to individual states. No wonder some American companies feel they can get away with slavery. Absolutely disgusting. Social care in America is so prehistoric!
In 1998 I suffered a stroke (brain bleed) and I was of work for five months. Didn't lose a penny in pay. When I returned to work, I was given extra time off to go to physio sessions. All at no expense to me. And of course my time in hospital, be it intensive care, lower level care and later rehab, was all free to me thanks to the NHS.
Before I quit to do my TH-cam channel full time I used to work as a cleaner in a retail store 16 hours a week. I got 28 days a year paid holiday leave plus paid time off on Christmas and boxing day (equivalent to 6 hours pay each day) on top of that at 1 point I ended up being hit by a car on my way home fro work and ended up in hospital it took 56 weeks for me to fully recover and return to work. The 1st 26 weeks I got paid my full wages the 2nd 26 weeks I got SSP (Stautry Sick Pay) of £88 a week only after that did my pay stop however I was able to use my holiday pay to cover or universal credit (unemployment benefits) even though I had a job. At the end of it all I had no medical bills no worry of paying my household bills and no stress about losing my job. EDIT to add I live in England if you were wondering
@@TheMartyJDWell, it is a way to keep the channel running. New videos means possible new subscribers, and more views. No new videos, no new viewers. There is only so much to say about the differences between countries, so you are prone to repeat yourself. But he sure is talented enough by forgetting things from earlier videos that his reactions sound genuine. 😊
@@ralfbauerfeind8236 There always are a lot to say. The problem is that not many differences have as high interests as workers right, healthcare and freedom differences.
But we know he is not genuine because we've seen it all before and we don't have memories like sieves. So the fake "first" reactions are a bit insulting to our intelligence. @@ralfbauerfeind8236
Germany here. I got through union deals 6 weeks of paid holidays. Plus about 12 days paid public holidays. Sick days count differently. 35hour work week. 6 figure salary as a normal engineer.
24 days off is nearly 5 weeks not 3 weeks, we work 5 days a week. We also have bank holidays which are another 8 fixed days a year. The lowest holiday allowance is 20 days a year plus bank holidays. Britain has a lot of rights for workers, it has been proven that keeping a workforce happy means they are more productive overall
So in the UK we use more holiday leave to actually have a holiday. While Americans use holiday leave to get well from an illness or give birth, both of which cost money.
The irony is that I worked for an American company in the UK. I was there for 25 years and when I left I was on 29 days paid leave (that's 1 day short of 6 weeks off) plus 8 "public" holidays (like Christmas, Easter, etc.) - a total of 37 days. Once during my time there I was quite ill, and was off work for almost 2 months, and I was told by the occupational health people at the company, and HR to stay at home. After a few weeks, I was feeling better, and they still wouldn't let me back but told me to do a couple of days a week for two weeks to ease me back into it. During this time they paid me my full salary.
Employers forcing people to work when sick is counter productive, any illness will spread throughout the office or workforce and before too long half or more are off sick. I would send fellow employees home if they had runny noses or a cough or sneezing a lot. Learnt the lesson when a girl turned up to the office feeling rough and looking it, sent her home at lunchtime and told her to go see her GP, it's only infectious for the first five days and early symptoms often mistaken for a cold, five days later they were falling like dead pigeons, she had Chicken Pox and 75% of the office got it including myself and my boss. Although some went down with Shingles as had had it as a young child. Couldn't believe how many don't get it as children now. I missed it when young despite Mum's efforts for me to get it by sending me to friends houses that had it. That worked for Mumps and German Measles.
@@tonys1636 Especially in customer service like fast food. Fairly sure most customers won’t appreciate their food being prepared or served by an ill chef/server
I had the same at my work, I had to have my ankle fused and wasn't allowed to walk on it for 12 weeks and then had physio for 6 weeks and they wouldn't let me come back until it was complete, even though I was fine but then they insisted that as I was off for so long I had to do I day a week for 2 weeks then increase it by 1 day over the next 5 weeks to get back to full time work. Felt like a fool as I wasn't ill. I just had a surgery.
@@annmorey9558 Something called Employers Liability Insurance, if they had allowed you back and you further injured the ankle the company would have been liable and the insurance invalidated.
Before I left USA my job had a policy where you lose holiday pay if you call off the day after a holiday. I scheduled my last vacation there with a holiday, came back from Europe sick- early 2020 and probably had covi, called in and was told I would lose holiday pay if I didn’t go in. I went to work sick and coughing and probably spread covi to dozens of people at work.
I have six weeks of paid vacation per year (obviously not a US citizen). As it happens, I have seven vacation days left from this year since I got the flu during one of this year’s vacations. So I went on legal sick leave during that particular vacation and got those seven days of vacation exchanged for paid sick leave. These seven paid vacation days have since been transferred back to me, carrying over to next year’s vacation. So, for next year, I have seven weeks and two days of paid vacation. If I want more vacation, I can usually get it, but if I chose to take it, it will not be paid (yet up until now I've always been able to get my two extra asked-for unpaid weeks during summer vacation). I also had to have an operation a few weeks back. The surgeon put me on ten weeks of 80 percent paid sick leave, which is the law here (I have a bad shoulder, and I can’t perform my particular job until it’s rehabilitated, or else risk wrecking said shoulder again as well as the costly surgery). The surgery I got costs about $15 000-20 000 (twenty thousand) in the US. For me, it ended up costing about 40 bucks since I had to take a taxi home afterwards. For being the land of the free (and home of the brave), US citizens surely are putting up with a handful.
I'm a hairdresser, and when I broke my ankle, I obviously couldn't stand behind a chair all day for 6 days a week as it wouldn't heal properly. I was signed off for 2 months, but during that time, I took on the management jobs I could do at home like the accounting, looking after the website, stock checks, orders and the likes. I was still working for the salon, but in a different role until I was back on my feet (literally).
Workers rights in the USA is criminal!.. Australia = 4 week annual leave minimum, (my case, emergency services worker I get 6 weeks), 20 sick days per year, generally more if if you need it, 12 mth full pay maternity leave, 3 mth min for the male as well. after 10 yrs with a company you get 3 months PAID leave. approx 13 public holidays a year, 11% of your salary is paid in the Superannuation (401k) in ANY job at ANY level in the company, incl part time jobs... Get the hell out of the USA and go live somewhere where the country cares for their citizens rather the the company CEOs and capitalism
What you need to understand is that we Brits don't ask for time off when sick. We simply tell the company we're not coming in if we're sick and the company can do nothing about it. We also can self certify for 5 days after that a sick note from a doctor is needed this can be an email.
The better rights in the UK compared to the US has nothing to do with government or businesses being graceful and fair, it's fully down to the fact people and unions fought for these rights over decades. It's because of people power and unions that we in the UK have sick pay and statutory sick pay, 28 days holiday pay (full time and then based on hours per week), minimum pay (though not high enough still), working hours directives, maternity leave/pay, some paternity leave/pay, you can't just fire without justification/reason, and more. All the rights we have are, again, fully down to unionisation and people power, something the US is weirdly against and obviously even more so by corporations (hence union busting and cops also union busting). We also have the NHS (nationalised healthcare free at the point of need). Though the UK government is trying to destroy them and turn us into a mini US, something any sane person does not want. US citizens need to mass unionise and fight for your rights.
I realise we're a United Kingdom rather than an United Federation but it's kinda the same thing. Westminster Laws are the equivalent of Federal Laws, then you have local laws for Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland.
Outside of the USA most countries have employment law that requires minimum wages, puts in place paid sick and holiday leave, even bereavement leave paid too. This is why tipping in most countries isn’t required because we actually pay our employees enough that they don’t need tips to make up for their employers slave labour wages.
14:05 In the uk we have something similar for retail style jobs, its called a 0 hour contract, basically you have 0 hours on your work contract and are just staff shift in when slots are available. Most people on 0 hr contracts have no benefits than people on standard contracts, albeit... after a time, if you prove your worth in a company they will up your contract to 16-40 hrs (per week), then you are entitled to any benefits, as you are classed as a full time employee, anything less than 15 and a 1/2 hours is classed as 'Temp' work.
If people in the UK have a life changing illness or injury they aren’t made medically bankrupt trying to pay for hospitals/doctors/medication they can’t afford. Nor are they treated like they are a burden to society. The system in the UK isn’t perfect, far from it. But I know which I’d prefer and it isn’t the land of the free.
I'm from the UK, before government enforced minimum wage (1997-98), I had a security job which paid only £2 ($2.50) per hour, for 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. If the guy for the next 12 hours didn't show, you were told to stay and cover their 12 hours, then expected to your next 12 hours after, making it a 36 hour shift! That firm also charged the company we were guards for £8 per hour per guard, keeping £6 and paying us £2. But even after stricter employment rights, some companies would still push the limits. If you work 4hrs, you're required a 15 minute paid break during that 4 hours, then a 30 minute unpaid break before another 4 hours. While employed at an Asda (UK Walmart) our team leaders would give us 3 3/4 hour shifts, so they didn't have to pay for the 15 minute breaks, let us have the 30 minute unpaid break then rota us in for another 3 3/4. Saving the store just 30 minutes worth of pay per staff member on a minimum wage of around £5 p/h ($6.30) at the time. Don't get me wrong, it's all good what we have in place compared to the US, but companies will still dig for those loopholes if the can save a penny or two.
As an Australian, may Daughter had her first child 23 moths ago and took 12 months maternity leave, 6 months full pay, 6 months half pay She then returned to work for twelve moths and is now expectingn Her second child and will do exactly the same again after the birth of No. 2. She is in a senior management position but is treated no differently to any staff member. She even accrues Long Service leave (3 months paid leave after 10 years service) whislt on Maternity Leave. My Son in Law will take 1 month paternity leave but is able to leave the office at any time shoud he be required at home as his workplace is very flexible they don't really care about hours worked just get your work done He's very senior (300 K+) and does put in very lomg days as well as substantial travel. She previously worked for Caterpillar and was not allowed to leave one minute early on her fina day...that attitude was why She left.
The difference between the US and most other advanced economies in the WORLD is that Governments outside the US set minimums for paid sick leave, paid holiday and paid maternity/paternity leave. It is therefore not a "BENEFIT" that some employers choose to offer, but a legal RIGHT that all employees have. Some employers offer additional benefits, but all must give their employees the legal minimum. In the UK: Paid holiday is 28 days Paid sick leave is unlimited (though employers are able to argue for reasonable attendance, i.e. employees don't take the piss) Maternity leave up to 1 year, though typically women take 6 or 7 months (a woman cannot legally return to work for at least 2 weeks after giving birth and most companies would want a doctor's note to prove she has recovered if she comes back within 6 weeks)
The idea that part time workers get less benefits is insane! Here in the UK you can't discriminate like that against part time workers. They are treated the same as anyone else, its just they work less hours so have pro rata pay!
I was off work for 3 months earlier this year. I received my full salary during that period. I also gained my full holiday entitlement during that time, which is 7 weeks a year.
Even third world countries in Africa have longer paid maternity leave than America. America, Worst: health care in the western world; education system; employment laws; counting of votes in elections; infrastructure etc.
In Australia, for normal employees, 36 hour week, minimum national wage $24.10 per hour, 4 weeks annual leave with 17.5% extra leave loading, 10 or 11 paid public holidays, 10 paid sick days without a medical certificate, paid compassionate leave, 1.5 times pay for the first 3 hours overtime, 2 times pay after that, minimum 10 hour break, penalty rates for night, weekend or public holiday work, (almost) free medical, employer may not call or text outside normal working hours without permission, 11.5% employer paid superannuation (pension) with sickness insurance, etc, etc. We work to live not live to work and have one of the highest standards of living in the world. A Big Mac is about $6 including tax and, oh yes, we don't have tipping.
Thanks, Tyler. Evan's videos are always so fact-filled. Sadly, workers do not have many rights. I suppose one could argue that at least we have the right to work. Years ago, because I am gay, it could be hard to find a job, and keep a job. I lost a job once because a co-worker asked me if I was gay, and I answered with the truth. Sad. But this matter in my opinion is so egregious that it makes me want to spit nails when I think about it. I'm sixty-two and have been doing what I can to change these laws from my vantage point throughout my life. Our problem is that any government assistance is labeled "socialist" and then people won't vote to support changes even when they want the changes. It's insane, indeed. A society having regulations, even programs to assist citizens is not socialism. Maybe your generation will have more success. Peace
I work for the nhs and get 33 days holiday a year. With bank holidays it ends up being 8 weeks holiday. I have worked for the nhs for over 10 years which is when you get the maximum benefits. But it does feel very good knowing I have so much holiday to take
What amazes me most is Macdonald's Pizza Hut KFC Ford Motor Company, general motors all American companies have to pay for these benefits. So why don't they do it in the U S.??? And why the population keeps voting for the republican party. We in Europe know it's the republicans who know it's them that keep voting against Healthcare, Unions, Workers rights. Why do the Americans keep missing this point.
I’m afraid that from the day they start school they are brainwashed into thinking they are in the land of the free. They are conditioned not to think for themselves. It’s only a very few that break away from the brainwashing.
@@jasonstatham6170 There are two entire sections of the USA where the workers are very anti-union and consistently vote AGAINST worker's rights - the deep south & the great plains. These same states are heavily populated by fundamentalist religious people who are not only extremely conservative, they also fervently believe as part of their religion that any “collective” actions such as unions are inspired by the devil and communism. They actually think that capitalism is inspired by Jesus himself and that unions are an attempt to destroy religion. Think I am making this up? Google Prosperity Theology. They actually believe that sickness and poverty are as curses given to people who are sinners and can only be broken by faith.
Ruin the education system, make lots of screaming idiots who sadly get to vote & outnumber the intelligent people. This is a deliberate tactic. It's working.
In Sweden parents get 480 days off parental leave to share. As for sick days - the first two weeks are paid by the employer at about 80% of regular pay, and then the national insurance agency takes over as long as it's needed.
as a brit i love these videos, it's great to see whatever the hell america is doing over there and see a real american geniunly suprised by what i see as normal
For a full-time worker in the UK, min annual leave is 20 days a year (plus around 8 bank holidays). Many employers will offer 25 days. Public sector usually offer 25-30 days (extra days for long service, varies by department). Sick leave is paid, but taking more than 9-12 days in a year (or perhaps more than 2 periods of sickness) can trigger an HR review (to make sure it's not being abused / consider support needs). In the public sector paid sick leave might be 5 or 6 months at full pay and 5-6 months at half-pay. Supportive employers might also let you attend a doctor's appointment without making it an issue (e.g. book at the start of the day, and come in afterwards) or at least cover it with flexitime, so don't need to take a day off for that.
Couple of points. UK full-time workers are entitled to 28 days paid holiday by law. This does not include the weekends so it works out to 5.6 weeks a year of paid holiday. Also the entitlements in the video are the minimum. Many companies will give more.
@@thefacultyoffunk Considering how much the UK has become like the USA since 2010, you are slowly getting EXACTLY the same as we are. Zero-hour contracts, pay less than a living wage, needing food banks while employed, having to choose between eating & heating, and universal credit taken to pay rent, utilities, & council tax are just few examples. How much longer before someone offers people the option of less free time & benefits in return for higher wages? How long before a political party declares the NHS bankrupt and everyone is forced into a USA insurance scheme?
In Ontario, Canada we have something called “Employment Standards Act” this covers hours of work, minimum rates of pay, public holidays, vacation time and pay and much more. These rights have to be posted where employees can read them. Employees are also protected if they contact the government over an issue.
I think he needs to see the workers rights in Japan and Korea they are horrifying and makes America look good. Which is a painful stretch. The USA, South Korea and Japan need better workers rights.
It is also almost impossible for a boss to fire you or threaten to fire you. Wrongful dismissal is a serious issue and is heard by a tribunal ( no cost to the employee) if proven the employer would be fined, pay costs and compensation to the employee.
In the UK, statutory benefits apply to all jobs whether its considered low skilled or not... With some basic exceptions slightly being related to part time workers or self employed.
Slovakia: Vacation: 20 days (25 days if you are 35 or older) Public Holidays: 15 days (if you have to work you are paid 100% bonus of your day rate) Personal Doctor Visit: 6 days Family Member Sick Day: 6 days (usually used for parents going to doctors with kids) PN up to 3 days: 35% of salary PN up to 10 days: 50% of salary PN over 10 days: calculated separately by country Sick-days (optional, depends in company) and not mentioning maternity/paternity leave of 3 years ( calculated separately by country) 😊
I'm a UK citizen and I once applied for a job in the US. I didn't know, at the time, how poorly treated are workers when it comes to holidays and sick. So, people still have to come into work in the US, where they have a viral illness, like a cold or even Covid, yet they expect you to come in. You come in and spread your virus around, making other people ill....that makes a lot of sense!!!! To be also to have limited holiday is bizarre. To recharge people's batteries, you need holiday. I suspect a lot of corporations in the US can't wait for technology to take over and get rid of the human workforce as quick as possible!!!
I worked at EE (British Mobile service provider) and did 20 hours a week . We got 30% off phones and 50% off sim plans , 5 weeks of holidays per year and if you needed a day off when the holidays expired , you could accumulate a debt of hours and work them back whenever was convenient .
A few years ago I was on extended sick leave, from my job with the NHS. I was suffering quite severely with depression, and was actually off work for 7 months. I was paid in full for 6 months, at which point, after that point, i received half pay. When it was time for me to return to work, my management helped me transition back into it, with reduced hours to begin with, then allowing me to communicate with them about how quickly i returned to full working hours. When I hear about the American system, I really do worry for those who end up sick for a long period of time. I certainly couldn't see myself getting such a long period of time off work if I was American.
UK shady practices - welcome to the world of zero hour contracts. Basic worker rights, such as paid sick leave, statutory minimum amounts of holiday, etc apply to "employees" (as defined in the legislation), so even employees on the legal minimum wage are entitled to these. But the legislation also defines something called a "worker" who has a lot less minimum legal rights. A "worker" may work a zero hours contract, where there are no guaranteed hours; there is no obligation to offer hours at all (effectively this means the worker can be dismissed with no notice). The organisation they work for can lump in an allowance for holiday pay with their pay, so they get holiday pay at the time they work the hours. This effectively means they have already been paid holiday pay when they come to book a holiday, so that time off is unpaid. It is not unknown for workers to not be offered more hours if they decide to book a holiday. In the run up to the last election Labour talked about banning zero hours contracts, but that might turn out to be an election promise that comes to nothing... I work on a zero hours contract with the NHS. If I miss a shift due to sickness, I don't have to find a replacement worker, but I won't get sick pay for that missed shift. I'm not suggesting that the NHS is a shady employer, definitely not the case. But there are some employers who really take the mick with zero hours contracts eg they might ask someone to do a 'trial of work' and say they will only take them on and offer them hours after a successful trial, and that the hours for the trial will only be paid if they are subsequently offered hours. Guess what, they never get offered the hours.
What you are describing seems similar to what is called "casual work" in Australia. I was a casual birth suite midwife and I also worked in Special Care Nurseries, ICU and general surgery wards. I was paid the award rates PLUS 25% as this is seen as compensation for not having sick leave or annual leave. The huge plus for me was I was able to save a substantial amount of money so that I only worked when it suited me to do so!
@eddykate3700 - it works out about 13% of your normal basic hourly rate, multiplied by the number of hours you're being paid for. It's great if it is your second job, or if you are not the primary breadwinner for the household you live in. Not so good if you need a stable income to maintain a household or children.
@@meezursrule Thanks for the explanation. Zero hours seems more advantageous to employers than employees if their contract means the employee has to work the hours offered. It can be a criminal offence here from 1 January 2025, (Happy New Year!) for employers that intentionally underpay workers and may result in monetary fines, prison time, or both. When I was working casual, I could decline to work if it didn't suit me or my family, but as you said it is not a reliable source of regular income. Still, our countries have decent holidays, secure jobs for the majority of workers, parental leave and Health care where we aren't too frightened to seek medical advice and go into medical bankruptcy...only in the USA!
Im a brit. When I was studying catering at college I showed up sick once & was immediately told to GO HOME before I made someone else sick. If you are serving food in uk they don’t want to make other staff or customers sick. It’s a good thing I was sent home as I threw up & collapsed on my way home. Bus driver got a new bus for the rest of the passengers after I was threw up then took me back to my stop. I collapsed getting off the bus. Bus driver called an ambulance and my dad and stayed with me till ambulance or my dad arrived.
I live in the UK, and my company is very generous with holiday- we get 28 days holiday excluding 8 bank holidays and excluding the time after christmas day and new years eve (5 days). So in total I get 41 days holiday. This is slightly above average for the UK I would say
Also, in the UK and EU, if you are sick while on holiday/annual leave, you can claim back those holiday days that you were sick. And you cannot be forced to use holidays in place of sick leave.
In Sweden you get 480 payed days (appr. 16 months) parental leave to share between both parents (and during the first four months you still accumulate payed vacation days ).
15:51 the issue with maternity/paternity leave in the US is that corporations decide whether to give it or not, and its unpaid in general. In basically the whole of the rest of the world, the state mandates at least SOME amount of leave that, notionally, the employer has NO say in.
Three weeks is low, 5 weeks is normal plus 8 public holiday days. In most of the rest of the world, people work to live, it appears Americans live to work.
It's why we pay taxes in the UK. Definitely no longer as effective as it used to be, but I will always be for paying tax to help as anyone could find themselves in situations where they can't work both short or long term.
As a disabled person I'm always glad and grateful to be born somewhere that actually allows me to live independently, by giving me enough benefits to live off of and not charging me ridiculous prices for basic healthcare or seeing the doctor. If I ever get a j9b, one that gives me enough income to pay tax, I'll happily pay it to support others who need it. I also find it strange when people object to paying a small amount towards a large pit to help others and pay for healthcare for all and education and general public spending, the 9nly reason not to like it is just being selfish, if you are in a tax bracket then you should he able to pay tax, you have money. So thankyou for paying your taxes, it helps a lot of people.
I think there is no mandatory paid parental leave in the US, which is why it is in red. Some companies offer it as a benefit, but in most of the world it is mandatory that there is leave. We recently changed things around a bit here in Denmark, but if I remember correctly it is 28 weeks (4 weeks before birth, 24 after) for the mother and 24 weeks after for their partner. 13 of the 24 is transferrable as long as both consent, so one parent could get 37 weeks and the other 11 weeks of full pay. Then an option of extended parental leave, but at a reduced pay.
Yes we have workers rights here in the UK. Unlike the US. We don't rely on slave labour. When I was young and STUPID. I did want to live in America. Thankfully. I grew out of that mind numbingly stupid idea.
My son and I have both worked in the rail industry albeit at different times. However the mandated minimum annual leave was 4 weeks on full pay plus 17.5% holiday loading for missing overtime and weekend work penaltie pay. Plus an additional week off on full pay if you were a shift worker. Plus 28 days sick pay which accrued each year. Plus Long Service Leave of 3 MONTHS on full pay after 10 years service. Plus Paternity pay of 6 months on full pay. Overtime after 8 hours was time and a half for the first three hours then double time after that. If y were brought back to work with less than 12 hours rest then your entire next shift was double time. And millions of companies here in Oz are still mata fortune. Your entire system is fucked.
The law has changed in the UK since this video was made, paternity leave has increased, 3 months I think (not sure), but it is interchangeable with maternity leave, so even better than what he said 😊
Even interns get paid minimum wage in the UK, there are a few exceptions like voluntary charity work, or a work placement to work on a personal project under guidance (in which case, you can't carry out any work for your 'employers', or even make tea/coffee for them).
Recently retired, i was getting 28 days paid annual holiday plus 8 bank holidays fully paid. 6 months full pay for sickness and 6 months at half pay. All weekends off, although I worked most Saturdays at full pay + half. If I worked bank holidays it was full pay + half and a day off in lieu full pay. If I worked Christmas day or New Year's Day it was paid at treble time+ day off in lieu. 35 hour week.
In the UK, I work a 4 day week with a maximum of 39 hours a week, I also work compulsory overtime 1 in 3 Sundays a year, for this I get 28 holiday days off a year, which equates to 6 & a half weeks paid time off.
I'm the UK I was given 6 weeks off on full pay during the pandemic because I tested positive for covid 3 times (2 weeks each time) and it didn't even come out of holiday pay
What is worth noting is most people in construction in the UK aware sub contractors so we don’t get sick pay or holiday, but we do get a nice little tax rebate every April
Makes sense. I travelled to the US one Easter and a lovely lady from Conneticut (also on holiday in Florida) was flabagasted when we said we were there for two weeks and not just three days. Presumably she had nowhere near the annual leave quota Yes it cost an absolute fortune for us to be there for that long but I still had three weeks holiday to play with when we got back . (My employer gives extra holiday on certain service milestone to reward long service)
Don't forget to mention that five days off is a week off if you work a 5 day week. So 28 days off is just over 5 weeks off. I worked a flexible hours job and I had something like 250 hours a year to take as holiday and I could take it in 15 minute units if I wanted to. I took minimum allowed lunch breaks of 30 minutes so a typical working day for me was start at 7am and leave at 3:15pm and finish early on Fridays at noon.
@christineharding4190 This became law in 2009 because many employers were abusing it counting the 8 days public holiday in their 20 days statuary holiday pay). So if you had a good employer you got 28 days paid holiday and if you had a rogue employer you only got 20 days holiday.
With respect,Tyler in the US you don't have any mandatory workers rights at all. No statutory sick pay and parental rights or statutory holidays. In the US you work to live it's as simple as that. The employers have all the power to give you benefits that are basic human rights in the UK.The US government whether its republican or democrats provide nothing for American citizens your taxes fund the military and nothing else.You call this freedom what freedoms so you have that I don't .
In Poland (central Europe) if you are employee (contracted, not civil agreement) you have 21-26 days of paid vacation per year (depending on your total internship). Plus, extra 2 days for taking care of your kid, plus some occasional leave (e.g. death of family member, childbirth, wedding etc - all 100% paid). Plus, you can get free day if you donate blood. Your regular sick leave is 80% paid, but some of types of sick leave are 100% paid.
If you want to get really depressed... Since moving to Germany from the UK, I get 30 days paid holiday, which, as I only work Monday to Friday, equates to 6 weeks + public holidays, the first six weeks of sick leave is paid 100% (without any bonuses for shifts etc.), after that up to 72 weeks at 80% of your average salary, paid to you by your health insurance, maternity leave is 1 year and paid, but you can halve the payments and stretch it to 2 years without any risk of losing your job, it's also possible for the father to take the time and the mother to go to work instead. My company offered me a position in the US a few years ago, which I turned down because they said I couldn't keep my German contract.
tyler, with the greatest respect, this video is about to become out of date, new laws are being passed, to enhance workers rights i wont get into the full in's and outs as i dont know them properly, this is just what i have heard you will be able to start new job, and declare yourself sick from day 1 here are some examples, and changes there are more Day-one rights: Employees will have the right to protection from unfair dismissal, sick pay, and parental and bereavement leave from the first day of employment. End to zero hour contracts: The bill will ban "exploitative" zero hour contracts. Improved conditions for gig economy workers: The bill will improve conditions for gig economy workers. Right to request more predictable work patterns: The bill will give employees the right to request more predictable work patterns. Enhanced maternity rights: The bill will enhance maternity rights. End to fire and rehire practices: The bill will end the practice of fire and rehire.
Is that a weak effort to catch up with the rest of the world Sean? These are rights that almost the whole world has had for many decades. Will everyone, however many or few hours they work each week, get a minimum of 25 days paid vacation leave in addition to public holidays? Will bosses still try to make it difficult for employees to take days off?
@@scrappystocks you have listened to the previous comment, who thou i maybe america, im 60 years old uk born nd bread and have enjoyed, these right all my life, as they have evolved over the years, so where you come up with weak effort, not sure about that one
@seanmc1351 I appreciate the info! I've not been keeping up to date so didn't know. I've been unable to work for a few years because of CPTSD & seizures. Now doing much better & desperate to go back to work. Last time I was working there was nothing but zero hour contracts. Glad that's changing!
Same rights in New Zealand. Americans who visit here can't believe this. To us these are basic rights that any civilised country would have. Which pretty much sums America up.
Merry xmas - thanks for great content in 2024 😊 Yes - it's not about democrats and republicans when in America no one has made sure Americans get these rights, which not only Europe has put in but many '3rd world' countries put in these peoples rights - and decades ago
It's America's attitude towards work. There is no work to life ratio it's all work. In the rest of the world people work to live where as in the the usa people live to work.
I once worked for an American company in the UK years ago and we got 28 days holiday, sick pay and maternity and paternity pay, if I worked for the same American company in the US I wouldn’t have gotten any work benefits like holidays, sick, maternity or paternity leave, I find it amazing that Americans allow non Americans working for American companies abroad don’t get the same rights..
You can also get government rent support on long term sick or if you lose your job in the UK. I'd say five weeks and bank holidays , so maybe closer to six weeks, is the UK norm. I worked in a factory that shut down three week in summer and two weeks for Christmas/new year and we still got things like May Day and Easter off. And yeah, this is for all workers in the UK. From the bottom to the top.
The more Americans who see your videos on what it's like in other countries, the more who have a chance to embrace new ideas about their work to life balance, cheap or free education for all, free healthcare for all, etc. Maybe you are the person making America great again.
In New Zealand, a starting position will come with 4 weeks holiday. Time and Half pay overtime. If you work a Stuatary holiday you will get time and a half + a day in lieu. Sick leave is 5 days. Maternity leave is 10 weeks to 6 months depending on the employer. The minimum wage is $12.96 USD. A working week is 40 hrs.
I live in England and am a manager of 19 employees. They have the same holiday and sick benefits as I do. It's law, if you have people who don't get a break, you have high staff turnover. They also earn extra holiday for hours worked over their contract. It helps to encourage them to cover other people's sickness.
My former line manager got an entire 6 months off on full pay following a bad traffic accident. After that he had a phased return to work, part time hours but full time pay, until he ready to work full time again. Most of this wasn't even a legal requirement, just the company looking after us. Happy, healthy employees put more effort in and are more loyal.
What you have to remember though is that Americans are FREE ...... free to work themselves into the ground, free not to have affordable healthcare, free not to have decent statutory paid holidays, free not to have generous sick leave, it's FREEDOM !
Americans have the Right to own guns and it is a privilege to access healthcare. Only socialists believe healthcare is more important than gun ownership.
True, the Americans have “freedom to”whereas the most of the world is “freedom from”. Eg free to shoot versus free from shootings.
Too true. We Brits need those five weeks of holiday to seclude ourselves on a French/Greek/Spanish beach to contemplate our abysmal lack of American freedoms and use up those thousands of pounds we weren't allowed to pay for an x-ray and a sticking plaster when we banged our heads against the wall in desperation at that same lack of freedom.
@@FayeSless-di3jg this is either satire, a pure misunderstanding or accidental racism
@CatfoodChronicles6737racism where's that bit must have missed it
This is why a lot of people outside of America see America as corrupt because companies have more right than the workers.
Probably the worst part is when Americans call workers rights outside of America socialism
More like a nation of the corporations, for the corporations, and by the corporations. UK conservatives seem to desire the 19th century, the USA conservatives run the country like the age of robber barons. By the way, the Republicans just proposed making unions illegal and have pledged to get rid of the few worker rights that were established in 1930s. So, we look back for the future.
And also because health insurance companies have a monopoly on the general public
and the depth of that corruption is something that bypasses most American Citizens as not only do the companies have more rights they actively give money to politicians running for office to keep it that way. Yes they literally bribe politicians to keep workers from having basic rights although Americans would know this as "campaign contributions". Which is only because "campaign contributions" sounds legit whereas bribery and corruption to supress workers doesn't sound so good even though it's the same thing.
@@ashleylyons7405
As opposed to the government monopoly?
It's not just in the UK that you get sick pay, paid holidays, maternity/ paternity benefit etc. It's in the rest of Europe as well.
I think that you have misunderstood the title of the video 😅
I think it’s most of the world. I’m pretty sure there are only something like two or three countries other than the US that aren’t of a similar mind to the majority of countries when it comes to these basic workers rights.
@@lynnejamieson2063 There are two entire sections of the USA where the workers are very anti-union and consistently vote AGAINST worker's rights - the deep south & the great plains. These areas are also heavily evangelical Christian and very supportive of DT & the Republican party. These same states have "right-to-work" laws that basically prohibit or at least hamstring any organized labor activity. These same states are the ones that impose the restrictions that make the news in the rest of the world regarding women's rights. LGBTQ, guns, you name it.
@@lynnejamieson2063Here is a weird one for you, even North Koreans have more freedom than the US.
Also in Australia, and New Zealand
America.
Where slavery is still legal.
And in California they just voted to uphold slavery 53% to 47%
It literally is, the 13th amendment only forbids slaves to be privately owned, there is no such limitations on prisoners (you can force them to work and not obliged to pay anything as long as their sentence last).
Freedom my ass
Hmm.... 🤔 So much for 'Land if the free' then eh? ... Employment law is way better for the employee in the UK , yes, we have no trust or faith in our government at the moment but at least the laws protect and try to care for our people.
Along with child marriage, Firearm ownership, and forcing people to cross the road only under traffic signals.
Workers Rights in the UK and Europe were hard fought for by Unions- mostly won in the early decades of the 20th century. Most people have no idea how important Unions and collective bargaining has been in ensuring decent pay and a raft of codes and entitlements at work. Health and Safety included too.
The Government interventions here in the UK- That's SOCIAL DEMOCRACY AT WORK! The government provides a safety net to protect the weakest and most vulnerable in society- it's far from perfect but it's sure 1 million times better the US of A!
It would appear that most ordinary everyday US workers might be just a couple of pay cheques away from financial ruin and bankruptcy if the suffer severe health issues or loose the job.
The insane thing is that Americans seem hell bent on voting against their own best interests, as the recent Presidential Election just proved.
Unfortunately things are about to get much worse in the USA and might be several generations before they see any chance of improvement.
There are two entire sections of the USA where the workers are very anti-union and consistently vote AGAINST worker's rights - the deep south & the great plains. These same states are heavily populated by fundamentalist evangelical Christians who are not only extremely conservative, they also fervently believe as part of their religion that any “collective” actions such as unions are inspired by the devil and communism. They actually think that capitalism is inspired by Jesus himself and that unions are an attempt to destroy religion. Think I am making this up? Google Prosperity Theology. They actually believe that sickness and poverty are as curses given to people who are sinners and can only be broken by faith.
@@knockshinnoch1950 the Democrats are no better they all feed from the same trough, just take a look at who funds the Democrats and how they spent billions of donations money on first Biden and then Harris, at least trump hasn't been bought by big business he has no need for there money and he didn't need it to worm his way up into politics, I don't particularly like trump but at East he isn't beholding to anyone who paid for his path through politics, and whilst I am in favour of unions I'm od enough to remebwr the winter of discontent, no electricity, no binmen, no firemen, no coal and no manufacturing, we ended up with no coal mines no car industry and no manufacturing whilst the union leaders became millionaires, Germany has a much better relationship with employers and unions, that's how they became such a manufacturing force with the highest paid workers with the best rights
Absolutely right ! It makes my blood boil sometimes when co-workers criticize the unions, these people really need a history lesson to how the unions struggled to give these same people (well their ancestors) the good wage that they have now. Without the unions fighting for them, do they really, really think that they would have anywhere near the current wage ? Ignorance is bliss it seems !
@@johnatkins-qn2lk 100% It my blood boil when ordinary folks here in the UK vote Tory or other right wing parties. I watched in amazement as a couple on TV were interviewed during the last General election campaign. They had nothing- unemployed and were visiting the food bank. They were Tory voters and were praising the Tories for FOOD BANKS! as there weren't any before the Tories came to power. That' the level of stupidity we're dealing with.
It resulted in BREXIT, the rise of Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and of course Trump and Margery Taylor Green and the other wacko's in the US.
100% correct. It’s amazing how the Unions in the UK are demonised now and right wing voters are lapping it up. We have so much to thanks unionised workers for. The last thing we need is American capitalism.
George Carlin said it best- " That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.”
Legendary
I miss his humour, I often wonder what his thoughts would be concerning the world today. May he RIP.🌺🌸🌺
Bus driver in UK here - 5 weeks holidays and another week to cover for bank holidays worked
That's awesome!
@@TylerRumple It's true, and employers are legally bound to ensure employees physically take their holiday leave. They are not allowed to carry time off over to the next year and are not allowed to just pay employees their holiday wages without the time away from their jobs.
London underground is 7 weeks holiday, and if you get sick whilst on holiday you actually get those holidays reallocated
@@daviddunney6114 I’m not sure about that… I’ve worked my annual leave lots of times ….
28 days. So 4 weeks plus 3 days over, as a regular day off is not counted as holiday time.
Public Holidays are worked as usual, at normal pay. The one exception is Christmas Day, which costs a days holiday time.
This is probably the legal minimum, as everything else about my job is the legal minimum.
It doesn't matter what level of work you do in Australia or other developed countries with the exception of the US, there is legislation mandating a minimum level of pay plus working conditions that include reasonable periods of paid holidays, sick leave, parental leave (mother or father) & long service leave. In Australia there is also a leave loading on your holiday pay that gives you extra cash to spend on your holiday. US citizens seem to be that concerned about the government involvement in their lives yet do not complain about the large corporations that dictate their rates of pay & working conditions.
In the UK it's very common to see jobs advertised as being a limited 9-12 month contract (as maternity cover) to fill-in for women who are off-work to care for their babies in the first year.
Some women return to work after their maternity leave, others may decide to leave work completely and become full-time housewives and mothers, in which case the person filling in their job may be offered the position on a permanent contract.
Considering how much the UK has become like the USA since 2010, you are slowly getting EXACTLY the same as we are. Zero-hour contracts, pay less than a living wage, needing food banks while employed, having to choose between eating & heating, and universal credit taken to pay rent, utilities, & council tax are just few examples. How much longer before someone offers people the option of less free time & benefits in return for higher wages? How long before a political party declares the NHS bankrupt and everyone is forced into a USA insurance scheme?
@@gregorybiestek3431 well , that's exactly what political parties like Nigel Farage's Reform Party has suggested (even though it's a private company) where he was recorded on tape a few years ago giving a speech at an private event saying the NHS must be sold off and an American style insurance based healthcare system implemented. Which would be utter shit for the poor.
And because Reform and the Conservatives are pushing for the repeal of the Human Rights Act, which would remove a lot of workers statutory rights and put workers pay and conditions in law at risk, that would move the UK further towards the US system. Which is probably why Elon Musk is potentially giving Reform millions of dollars to fund their future campaigns.
And why we must resist their advances and lies.
@@gregorybiestek3431In EU countries the zero hour contracts are illegal.
@gregorybiestek3431 We've had the 'more wealth for the wealthy' party in power for 14 years. Labour are in now. This is Britain's cycle. The tories go into power, cock everything up but somehow do it in a way that maintains their popularity, eventually lose their popularity for obvious reasons. Then Labour comes in, makes the hard choices and fixes things but are unpopular for it, then the tories come in and start slowly breaking it all again. This next few years should be good for Britain. The right wing media will call it a disaster and the readers will ignore the evidence of their own eyes and ears and believe them.
@@badgerbane ... That's funny how you got things the wrong way round there. I'm old enough to know that Labour always effs things up, and this one's certainly on the same track to maintain their long standing record.
When I moved to the US for six years, I was employed under the terms of the contract I'd previously had in the UK. My work colleagues in Baltimore were miffed that I had 30 days paid leave, when they had only 15. They were full-on angry when I took a further fortnight to care for my 11-yr old son after he suffered a serious injury playing lacrosse at school. (I was a widower with two preteen kids).
Worshipping slavery and theYankeeDollar!
So the needs of the company go before the needs of your child. Just about says it all.
They should have been angry at the employer rather than you.
Lacrosse..... injury should be anticipated.🙄
Back in 2016 I was diagnosed with cancer.
I took eight months off, for the first three weeks I got full wages as sick pay, after this I got 75% of my wages.
My boss came to see me every Friday after work for the eight months I was ill.
He would bring me cases of ginger beer and gingernut biscuits to help with nausea.
He made sure my wife was OK and bought her flowers to cheer her up.
At the start of the Covid pandemic we we told to go home and not worry about pay.
When inflation rose at the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine we were given a 10% pay increase. The following year we were given another pay increase of 13%
UK private companies are totally different to the US. 😊 🏴
Why should the USA business embrace a social workplace culture? That might give the peons the wrong ideas like maybe a better health care system or actual worker rights that might cost the business a tiny amount of its enormous profits.
That's because employers in the UK care for their employees.
US not so much
My ex was off work twice with depression for 2 yrs each time and got full pay, he was a police officer. A third time he was off for 6 months.
Sweet.
I think your boss even by uk standards went above and beyond. People are generally far more loyal and hard working for a boss that shows them such respect and consideration that’s for sure.
Why should "inferior jobs" be treated so poorly?????
Yep, Tyler, we are still paid if we are sick. Many people in the UK are typically paid full pay by their employer for at least a couple of weeks before they drop onto the much lower statutory sick pay amount.
In my own contract, it is written that I'm allowed up to six weeks of fully paid sick time per year. In the event of serious illness that lasts longer than this, then after the six weeks of full sick pay, I would drop onto statutory sick pay only.
Everybody's contract is different depending on the employer but the very minimum you get in the UK is statutory sick pay for the time you are out.
I was on full sick pay for 3 months a number of years ago after a major operation. On returning to work my boss insisted I come in late and leave early to avoid busy busses for a while.
@@irene3196 We get similar, full pay for 3 month, 50% pay for a further 3 month so 6 month total and then SSP and then when you do come back you will generally come back on limited days/hours (usually 2-3 days a week for 4 hours) for a certain amount of time like a month or so.
My employer goes even further, we get six months on full pay then six months on reduced pay with SSP making up the difference for serious conditions that require long term treatment. Your job is also guaranteed to be kept open and when you return you can request reduced hours or light duties for an agreed period of time.
@@kevinh96 My employer goes even further than that! I’ve been very ill with a serious illness, I had full pay for 12 months, I’ve not gone back to work & I’m now on 50% pay until I retire! In January I will have been employed there for 25 years & I will receive £900 vouchers, I also receive 17 extra holiday days but obviously I’m not in a position to take them, but they are valid for 18 months in case I return.
My union negotiated six months on full wages, a further 3 months @ 75% then 3 @ 50% from then on its at my managers discretion but I would get statutory sick pay. Oh and when I broke my leg at the start of my holiday I was not only on full pay while I healed I got my two weeks leave returned to me. 😊
When you have a government that doesnt mandate anything. People and companies will simply do what they want because they can.
But freedom. Merica.
@@stevemcgowen indeed the "Freedom" to exploit anyone you can.
America needs the be more completely Federal! Too much is left to individual states. No wonder some American companies feel they can get away with slavery. Absolutely disgusting. Social care in America is so prehistoric!
"Live to work in the US" as opposed to "work to live" almost anywhere else in the world.
You got it the wrong way round
what do you mean exactly?
In 1998 I suffered a stroke (brain bleed) and I was of work for five months. Didn't lose a penny in pay. When I returned to work, I was given extra time off to go to physio sessions. All at no expense to me. And of course my time in hospital, be it intensive care, lower level care and later rehab, was all free to me thanks to the NHS.
Before I quit to do my TH-cam channel full time I used to work as a cleaner in a retail store 16 hours a week.
I got 28 days a year paid holiday leave plus paid time off on Christmas and boxing day (equivalent to 6 hours pay each day) on top of that at 1 point I ended up being hit by a car on my way home fro work and ended up in hospital it took 56 weeks for me to fully recover and return to work. The 1st 26 weeks I got paid my full wages the 2nd 26 weeks I got SSP (Stautry Sick Pay) of £88 a week only after that did my pay stop however I was able to use my holiday pay to cover or universal credit (unemployment benefits) even though I had a job. At the end of it all I had no medical bills no worry of paying my household bills and no stress about losing my job.
EDIT to add I live in England if you were wondering
You quit to get 10 views a video?
@Dynasty954 You have to start somewhere
This is the fourth or so time you've been "surprised" by how much paid holiday the UK / Europe gets
Yeah, he does that a lot. He was shocked by the difference in eggs 5+ times
I thought the same thing. The channel has turned into remakes and director's cut versions of reactions.
@@TheMartyJDWell, it is a way to keep the channel running. New videos means possible new subscribers, and more views. No new videos, no new viewers.
There is only so much to say about the differences between countries, so you are prone to repeat yourself. But he sure is talented enough by forgetting things from earlier videos that his reactions sound genuine. 😊
@@ralfbauerfeind8236 There always are a lot to say. The problem is that not many differences have as high interests as workers right, healthcare and freedom differences.
But we know he is not genuine because we've seen it all before and we don't have memories like sieves. So the fake "first" reactions are a bit insulting to our intelligence. @@ralfbauerfeind8236
Germany here. I got through union deals 6 weeks of paid holidays. Plus about 12 days paid public holidays. Sick days count differently. 35hour work week. 6 figure salary as a normal engineer.
24 days off is nearly 5 weeks not 3 weeks, we work 5 days a week. We also have bank holidays which are another 8 fixed days a year. The lowest holiday allowance is 20 days a year plus bank holidays. Britain has a lot of rights for workers, it has been proven that keeping a workforce happy means they are more productive overall
So in the UK we use more holiday leave to actually have a holiday. While Americans use holiday leave to get well from an illness or give birth, both of which cost money.
The irony is that I worked for an American company in the UK. I was there for 25 years and when I left I was on 29 days paid leave (that's 1 day short of 6 weeks off) plus 8 "public" holidays (like Christmas, Easter, etc.) - a total of 37 days. Once during my time there I was quite ill, and was off work for almost 2 months, and I was told by the occupational health people at the company, and HR to stay at home. After a few weeks, I was feeling better, and they still wouldn't let me back but told me to do a couple of days a week for two weeks to ease me back into it. During this time they paid me my full salary.
Employers forcing people to work when sick is counter productive, any illness will spread throughout the office or workforce and before too long half or more are off sick. I would send fellow employees home if they had runny noses or a cough or sneezing a lot. Learnt the lesson when a girl turned up to the office feeling rough and looking it, sent her home at lunchtime and told her to go see her GP, it's only infectious for the first five days and early symptoms often mistaken for a cold, five days later they were falling like dead pigeons, she had Chicken Pox and 75% of the office got it including myself and my boss. Although some went down with Shingles as had had it as a young child. Couldn't believe how many don't get it as children now. I missed it when young despite Mum's efforts for me to get it by sending me to friends houses that had it. That worked for Mumps and German Measles.
AHH phased return. It's a beautiful thing.
@@tonys1636 Especially in customer service like fast food. Fairly sure most customers won’t appreciate their food being prepared or served by an ill chef/server
I had the same at my work, I had to have my ankle fused and wasn't allowed to walk on it for 12 weeks and then had physio for 6 weeks and they wouldn't let me come back until it was complete, even though I was fine but then they insisted that as I was off for so long I had to do I day a week for 2 weeks then increase it by 1 day over the next 5 weeks to get back to full time work. Felt like a fool as I wasn't ill. I just had a surgery.
@@annmorey9558 Something called Employers Liability Insurance, if they had allowed you back and you further injured the ankle the company would have been liable and the insurance invalidated.
Before I left USA my job had a policy where you lose holiday pay if you call off the day after a holiday. I scheduled my last vacation there with a holiday, came back from Europe sick- early 2020 and probably had covi, called in and was told I would lose holiday pay if I didn’t go in. I went to work sick and coughing and probably spread covi to dozens of people at work.
And yet, you still get Americans saying it’s “the best country in the world”. Yeah, right.
And yet, Europoors think they're superior to Americans, despite being poorer and more miserable.
It's tragic that Americans feel it's normal not to have the most basic human rights.
I have six weeks of paid vacation per year (obviously not a US citizen). As it happens, I have seven vacation days left from this year since I got the flu during one of this year’s vacations. So I went on legal sick leave during that particular vacation and got those seven days of vacation exchanged for paid sick leave. These seven paid vacation days have since been transferred back to me, carrying over to next year’s vacation. So, for next year, I have seven weeks and two days of paid vacation. If I want more vacation, I can usually get it, but if I chose to take it, it will not be paid (yet up until now I've always been able to get my two extra asked-for unpaid weeks during summer vacation).
I also had to have an operation a few weeks back. The surgeon put me on ten weeks of 80 percent paid sick leave, which is the law here (I have a bad shoulder, and I can’t perform my particular job until it’s rehabilitated, or else risk wrecking said shoulder again as well as the costly surgery).
The surgery I got costs about $15 000-20 000 (twenty thousand) in the US. For me, it ended up costing about 40 bucks since I had to take a taxi home afterwards.
For being the land of the free (and home of the brave), US citizens surely are putting up with a handful.
I'm a hairdresser, and when I broke my ankle, I obviously couldn't stand behind a chair all day for 6 days a week as it wouldn't heal properly. I was signed off for 2 months, but during that time, I took on the management jobs I could do at home like the accounting, looking after the website, stock checks, orders and the likes. I was still working for the salon, but in a different role until I was back on my feet (literally).
Workers rights in the USA is criminal!.. Australia = 4 week annual leave minimum, (my case, emergency services worker I get 6 weeks), 20 sick days per year, generally more if if you need it, 12 mth full pay maternity leave, 3 mth min for the male as well. after 10 yrs with a company you get 3 months PAID leave. approx 13 public holidays a year, 11% of your salary is paid in the Superannuation (401k) in ANY job at ANY level in the company, incl part time jobs... Get the hell out of the USA and go live somewhere where the country cares for their citizens rather the the company CEOs and capitalism
What you need to understand is that we Brits don't ask for time off when sick. We simply tell the company we're not coming in if we're sick and the company can do nothing about it. We also can self certify for 5 days after that a sick note from a doctor is needed this can be an email.
The better rights in the UK compared to the US has nothing to do with government or businesses being graceful and fair, it's fully down to the fact people and unions fought for these rights over decades. It's because of people power and unions that we in the UK have sick pay and statutory sick pay, 28 days holiday pay (full time and then based on hours per week), minimum pay (though not high enough still), working hours directives, maternity leave/pay, some paternity leave/pay, you can't just fire without justification/reason, and more. All the rights we have are, again, fully down to unionisation and people power, something the US is weirdly against and obviously even more so by corporations (hence union busting and cops also union busting). We also have the NHS (nationalised healthcare free at the point of need). Though the UK government is trying to destroy them and turn us into a mini US, something any sane person does not want.
US citizens need to mass unionise and fight for your rights.
*Nationally* mandated. Not being a federation, we don't have a federal *anything* in the UK.
I realise we're a United Kingdom rather than an United Federation but it's kinda the same thing. Westminster Laws are the equivalent of Federal Laws, then you have local laws for Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland.
No, the UK is a unitary state with devolved component countries. There’s a degree of overlap, but constitutionally the difference is significant.
american's are happy! So let them get on thinking american's has got more right's and free then, any country! Bless!
Outside of the USA most countries have employment law that requires minimum wages, puts in place paid sick and holiday leave, even bereavement leave paid too. This is why tipping in most countries isn’t required because we actually pay our employees enough that they don’t need tips to make up for their employers slave labour wages.
The USA has a minimum wage
14:05 In the uk we have something similar for retail style jobs, its called a 0 hour contract, basically you have 0 hours on your work contract and are just staff shift in when slots are available. Most people on 0 hr contracts have no benefits than people on standard contracts, albeit... after a time, if you prove your worth in a company they will up your contract to 16-40 hrs (per week), then you are entitled to any benefits, as you are classed as a full time employee, anything less than 15 and a 1/2 hours is classed as 'Temp' work.
People on zero hours contracts still accrue holiday pay in the UK
Zero hour contracts are being abolished
Zero hour contracts will be banned from next year.
24 days a year is almost 5 week,not 3. 5 working days a week, not 7!
And that or something around there is the minimum you will get too, personally I get 32 days a year which is like 6 weeks off mon-fri
If people in the UK have a life changing illness or injury they aren’t made medically bankrupt trying to pay for hospitals/doctors/medication they can’t afford. Nor are they treated like they are a burden to society. The system in the UK isn’t perfect, far from it. But I know which I’d prefer and it isn’t the land of the free.
Land of the fee and home of the grave!
I'm from the UK, before government enforced minimum wage (1997-98), I had a security job which paid only £2 ($2.50) per hour, for 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. If the guy for the next 12 hours didn't show, you were told to stay and cover their 12 hours, then expected to your next 12 hours after, making it a 36 hour shift! That firm also charged the company we were guards for £8 per hour per guard, keeping £6 and paying us £2.
But even after stricter employment rights, some companies would still push the limits. If you work 4hrs, you're required a 15 minute paid break during that 4 hours, then a 30 minute unpaid break before another 4 hours. While employed at an Asda (UK Walmart) our team leaders would give us 3 3/4 hour shifts, so they didn't have to pay for the 15 minute breaks, let us have the 30 minute unpaid break then rota us in for another 3 3/4. Saving the store just 30 minutes worth of pay per staff member on a minimum wage of around £5 p/h ($6.30) at the time.
Don't get me wrong, it's all good what we have in place compared to the US, but companies will still dig for those loopholes if the can save a penny or two.
33 paid days holiday for me. Very normal here in the UK and the civilised world.
As an Australian, may Daughter had her first child 23 moths ago and took 12 months maternity leave, 6 months full pay, 6 months half pay She then returned to work for twelve moths and is now expectingn Her second child and will do exactly the same again after the birth of No. 2. She is in a senior management position but is treated no differently to any staff member. She even accrues Long Service leave (3 months paid leave after 10 years service) whislt on Maternity Leave. My Son in Law will take 1 month paternity leave but is able to leave the office at any time shoud he be required at home as his workplace is very flexible they don't really care about hours worked just get your work done He's very senior (300 K+) and does put in very lomg days as well as substantial travel. She previously worked for Caterpillar and was not allowed to leave one minute early on her fina day...that attitude was why She left.
Outside of America we laugh at the idea that the USA is the best country in the World. I think it depends on how wealthy you are.. .
The difference between the US and most other advanced economies in the WORLD is that Governments outside the US set minimums for paid sick leave, paid holiday and paid maternity/paternity leave. It is therefore not a "BENEFIT" that some employers choose to offer, but a legal RIGHT that all employees have. Some employers offer additional benefits, but all must give their employees the legal minimum.
In the UK:
Paid holiday is 28 days
Paid sick leave is unlimited (though employers are able to argue for reasonable attendance, i.e. employees don't take the piss)
Maternity leave up to 1 year, though typically women take 6 or 7 months (a woman cannot legally return to work for at least 2 weeks after giving birth and most companies would want a doctor's note to prove she has recovered if she comes back within 6 weeks)
The idea that part time workers get less benefits is insane! Here in the UK you can't discriminate like that against part time workers. They are treated the same as anyone else, its just they work less hours so have pro rata pay!
I was off work for 3 months earlier this year. I received my full salary during that period. I also gained my full holiday entitlement during that time, which is 7 weeks a year.
Even third world countries in Africa have longer paid maternity leave than America.
America, Worst: health care in the western world; education system; employment laws; counting of votes in elections; infrastructure etc.
In Australia, for normal employees, 36 hour week, minimum national wage $24.10 per hour, 4 weeks annual leave with 17.5% extra leave loading, 10 or 11 paid public holidays, 10 paid sick days without a medical certificate, paid compassionate leave, 1.5 times pay for the first 3 hours overtime, 2 times pay after that, minimum 10 hour break, penalty rates for night, weekend or public holiday work, (almost) free medical, employer may not call or text outside normal working hours without permission, 11.5% employer paid superannuation (pension) with sickness insurance, etc, etc. We work to live not live to work and have one of the highest standards of living in the world. A Big Mac is about $6 including tax and, oh yes, we don't have tipping.
Thanks, Tyler. Evan's videos are always so fact-filled. Sadly, workers do not have many rights. I suppose one could argue that at least we have the right to work. Years ago, because I am gay, it could be hard to find a job, and keep a job. I lost a job once because a co-worker asked me if I was gay, and I answered with the truth. Sad. But this matter in my opinion is so egregious that it makes me want to spit nails when I think about it. I'm sixty-two and have been doing what I can to change these laws from my vantage point throughout my life. Our problem is that any government assistance is labeled "socialist" and then people won't vote to support changes even when they want the changes. It's insane, indeed. A society having regulations, even programs to assist citizens is not socialism. Maybe your generation will have more success. Peace
I work for the nhs and get 33 days holiday a year. With bank holidays it ends up being 8 weeks holiday. I have worked for the nhs for over 10 years which is when you get the maximum benefits. But it does feel very good knowing I have so much holiday to take
What amazes me most is Macdonald's Pizza Hut KFC Ford Motor Company, general motors all American companies have to pay for these benefits. So why don't they do it in the U S.??? And why the population keeps voting for the republican party. We in Europe know it's the republicans who know it's them that keep voting against Healthcare, Unions, Workers rights. Why do the Americans keep missing this point.
I’m afraid that from the day they start school they are brainwashed into thinking they are in the land of the free. They are conditioned not to think for themselves. It’s only a very few that break away from the brainwashing.
Not only are American companies paying benefits to UK workers. They are still making a profit
To be fair we have the workers in the UK voting for the Conservative Party. To my mind this is akin to turkeys voting for Xmas.
@@jasonstatham6170 There are two entire sections of the USA where the workers are very anti-union and consistently vote AGAINST worker's rights - the deep south & the great plains. These same states are heavily populated by fundamentalist religious people who are not only extremely conservative, they also fervently believe as part of their religion that any “collective” actions such as unions are inspired by the devil and communism. They actually think that capitalism is inspired by Jesus himself and that unions are an attempt to destroy religion. Think I am making this up? Google Prosperity Theology. They actually believe that sickness and poverty are as curses given to people who are sinners and can only be broken by faith.
Ruin the education system, make lots of screaming idiots who sadly get to vote & outnumber the intelligent people.
This is a deliberate tactic.
It's working.
In Sweden parents get 480 days off parental leave to share. As for sick days - the first two weeks are paid by the employer at about 80% of regular pay, and then the national insurance agency takes over as long as it's needed.
I live in the UK and get 13weeks holiday paid as I'm a taxi service for schools.
Not to mention bank holiday pay where you don’t have to work on bank holidays but if you choose to often companies will offer double pay!
as a brit i love these videos, it's great to see whatever the hell america is doing over there and see a real american geniunly suprised by what i see as normal
For a full-time worker in the UK, min annual leave is 20 days a year (plus around 8 bank holidays). Many employers will offer 25 days. Public sector usually offer 25-30 days (extra days for long service, varies by department).
Sick leave is paid, but taking more than 9-12 days in a year (or perhaps more than 2 periods of sickness) can trigger an HR review (to make sure it's not being abused / consider support needs). In the public sector paid sick leave might be 5 or 6 months at full pay and 5-6 months at half-pay.
Supportive employers might also let you attend a doctor's appointment without making it an issue (e.g. book at the start of the day, and come in afterwards) or at least cover it with flexitime, so don't need to take a day off for that.
Couple of points. UK full-time workers are entitled to 28 days paid holiday by law. This does not include the weekends so it works out to 5.6 weeks a year of paid holiday.
Also the entitlements in the video are the minimum. Many companies will give more.
Companies are not legally required to give time off for bank holidays or to pay extra.
@@roblewis226That's true. The 5.6 weeks can include the bank holidays. It depends on the company.
@@thefacultyoffunk Considering how much the UK has become like the USA since 2010, you are slowly getting EXACTLY the same as we are. Zero-hour contracts, pay less than a living wage, needing food banks while employed, having to choose between eating & heating, and universal credit taken to pay rent, utilities, & council tax are just few examples. How much longer before someone offers people the option of less free time & benefits in return for higher wages? How long before a political party declares the NHS bankrupt and everyone is forced into a USA insurance scheme?
I agree @@gregorybiestek3431
In Ontario, Canada we have something called “Employment Standards Act” this covers hours of work, minimum rates of pay, public holidays, vacation time and pay and much more. These rights have to be posted where employees can read them. Employees are also protected if they contact the government over an issue.
I think he needs to see the workers rights in Japan and Korea they are horrifying and makes America look good. Which is a painful stretch. The USA, South Korea and Japan need better workers rights.
It is also almost impossible for a boss to fire you or threaten to fire you. Wrongful dismissal is a serious issue and is heard by a tribunal ( no cost to the employee) if proven the employer would be fined, pay costs and compensation to the employee.
In the UK, statutory benefits apply to all jobs whether its considered low skilled or not... With some basic exceptions slightly being related to part time workers or self employed.
Slovakia:
Vacation: 20 days (25 days if you are 35 or older)
Public Holidays: 15 days (if you have to work you are paid 100% bonus of your day rate)
Personal Doctor Visit: 6 days
Family Member Sick Day: 6 days (usually used for parents going to doctors with kids)
PN up to 3 days: 35% of salary
PN up to 10 days: 50% of salary
PN over 10 days: calculated separately by country
Sick-days (optional, depends in company)
and not mentioning maternity/paternity leave of 3 years ( calculated separately by country) 😊
I'm a UK citizen and I once applied for a job in the US. I didn't know, at the time, how poorly treated are workers when it comes to holidays and sick. So, people still have to come into work in the US, where they have a viral illness, like a cold or even Covid, yet they expect you to come in. You come in and spread your virus around, making other people ill....that makes a lot of sense!!!! To be also to have limited holiday is bizarre. To recharge people's batteries, you need holiday. I suspect a lot of corporations in the US can't wait for technology to take over and get rid of the human workforce as quick as possible!!!
I worked at EE (British Mobile service provider) and did 20 hours a week . We got 30% off phones and 50% off sim plans , 5 weeks of holidays per year and if you needed a day off when the holidays expired , you could accumulate a debt of hours and work them back whenever was convenient .
Yes, that's normal. You're actually legally required to give 4 weeks plus the 8 national holiday days off work.
Many employers give more
A few years ago I was on extended sick leave, from my job with the NHS. I was suffering quite severely with depression, and was actually off work for 7 months.
I was paid in full for 6 months, at which point, after that point, i received half pay. When it was time for me to return to work, my management helped me transition back into it, with reduced hours to begin with, then allowing me to communicate with them about how quickly i returned to full working hours.
When I hear about the American system, I really do worry for those who end up sick for a long period of time. I certainly couldn't see myself getting such a long period of time off work if I was American.
UK shady practices - welcome to the world of zero hour contracts.
Basic worker rights, such as paid sick leave, statutory minimum amounts of holiday, etc apply to "employees" (as defined in the legislation), so even employees on the legal minimum wage are entitled to these.
But the legislation also defines something called a "worker" who has a lot less minimum legal rights. A "worker" may work a zero hours contract, where there are no guaranteed hours; there is no obligation to offer hours at all (effectively this means the worker can be dismissed with no notice). The organisation they work for can lump in an allowance for holiday pay with their pay, so they get holiday pay at the time they work the hours. This effectively means they have already been paid holiday pay when they come to book a holiday, so that time off is unpaid. It is not unknown for workers to not be offered more hours if they decide to book a holiday.
In the run up to the last election Labour talked about banning zero hours contracts, but that might turn out to be an election promise that comes to nothing...
I work on a zero hours contract with the NHS. If I miss a shift due to sickness, I don't have to find a replacement worker, but I won't get sick pay for that missed shift.
I'm not suggesting that the NHS is a shady employer, definitely not the case.
But there are some employers who really take the mick with zero hours contracts eg they might ask someone to do a 'trial of work' and say they will only take them on and offer them hours after a successful trial, and that the hours for the trial will only be paid if they are subsequently offered hours. Guess what, they never get offered the hours.
What you are describing seems similar to what is called "casual work" in Australia. I was a casual birth suite midwife and I also worked in Special Care Nurseries, ICU and general surgery wards. I was paid the award rates PLUS 25% as this is seen as compensation for not having sick leave or annual leave. The huge plus for me was I was able to save a substantial amount of money so that I only worked when it suited me to do so!
@eddykate3700 - it works out about 13% of your normal basic hourly rate, multiplied by the number of hours you're being paid for.
It's great if it is your second job, or if you are not the primary breadwinner for the household you live in. Not so good if you need a stable income to maintain a household or children.
@eddykate3700 - it works out about 13% of your normal basic hourly rate, multiplied by the number of hours you're being paid for.
@@meezursrule Thanks for the explanation. Zero hours seems more advantageous to employers than employees if their contract means the employee has to work the hours offered. It can be a criminal offence here from 1 January 2025, (Happy New Year!) for employers that intentionally underpay workers and may result in monetary fines, prison time, or both. When I was working casual, I could decline to work if it didn't suit me or my family, but as you said it is not a reliable source of regular income. Still, our countries have decent holidays, secure jobs for the majority of workers, parental leave and Health care where we aren't too frightened to seek medical advice and go into medical bankruptcy...only in the USA!
Im a brit. When I was studying catering at college I showed up sick once & was immediately told to GO HOME before I made someone else sick. If you are serving food in uk they don’t want to make other staff or customers sick. It’s a good thing I was sent home as I threw up & collapsed on my way home. Bus driver got a new bus for the rest of the passengers after I was threw up then took me back to my stop. I collapsed getting off the bus. Bus driver called an ambulance and my dad and stayed with me till ambulance or my dad arrived.
I live in the UK, and my company is very generous with holiday- we get 28 days holiday excluding 8 bank holidays and excluding the time after christmas day and new years eve (5 days). So in total I get 41 days holiday. This is slightly above average for the UK I would say
Also, in the UK and EU, if you are sick while on holiday/annual leave, you can claim back those holiday days that you were sick.
And you cannot be forced to use holidays in place of sick leave.
I sure as hell don't want sick people making my food in a restaurant or colleagues coughing all over me at work
In Sweden you get 480 payed days (appr. 16 months) parental leave to share between both parents (and during the first four months you still accumulate payed vacation days ).
15:51 the issue with maternity/paternity leave in the US is that corporations decide whether to give it or not, and its unpaid in general. In basically the whole of the rest of the world, the state mandates at least SOME amount of leave that, notionally, the employer has NO say in.
Three weeks is low, 5 weeks is normal plus 8 public holiday days. In most of the rest of the world, people work to live, it appears Americans live to work.
It's why we pay taxes in the UK. Definitely no longer as effective as it used to be, but I will always be for paying tax to help as anyone could find themselves in situations where they can't work both short or long term.
As a disabled person I'm always glad and grateful to be born somewhere that actually allows me to live independently, by giving me enough benefits to live off of and not charging me ridiculous prices for basic healthcare or seeing the doctor. If I ever get a j9b, one that gives me enough income to pay tax, I'll happily pay it to support others who need it. I also find it strange when people object to paying a small amount towards a large pit to help others and pay for healthcare for all and education and general public spending, the 9nly reason not to like it is just being selfish, if you are in a tax bracket then you should he able to pay tax, you have money.
So thankyou for paying your taxes, it helps a lot of people.
I think there is no mandatory paid parental leave in the US, which is why it is in red. Some companies offer it as a benefit, but in most of the world it is mandatory that there is leave. We recently changed things around a bit here in Denmark, but if I remember correctly it is 28 weeks (4 weeks before birth, 24 after) for the mother and 24 weeks after for their partner. 13 of the 24 is transferrable as long as both consent, so one parent could get 37 weeks and the other 11 weeks of full pay. Then an option of extended parental leave, but at a reduced pay.
Yes we have workers rights here in the UK. Unlike the US. We don't rely on slave labour. When I was young and STUPID. I did want to live in America. Thankfully. I grew out of that mind numbingly stupid idea.
My son and I have both worked in the rail industry albeit at different times. However the mandated minimum annual leave was 4 weeks on full pay plus 17.5% holiday loading for missing overtime and weekend work penaltie pay.
Plus an additional week off on full pay if you were a shift worker.
Plus 28 days sick pay which accrued each year.
Plus Long Service Leave of 3 MONTHS on full pay after 10 years service.
Plus Paternity pay of 6 months on full pay.
Overtime after 8 hours was time and a half for the first three hours then double time after that.
If y were brought back to work with less than 12 hours rest then your entire next shift was double time.
And millions of companies here in Oz are still mata fortune.
Your entire system is fucked.
The law has changed in the UK since this video was made, paternity leave has increased, 3 months I think (not sure), but it is interchangeable with maternity leave, so even better than what he said 😊
Even interns get paid minimum wage in the UK, there are a few exceptions like voluntary charity work, or a work placement to work on a personal project under guidance (in which case, you can't carry out any work for your 'employers', or even make tea/coffee for them).
Recently retired, i was getting 28 days paid annual holiday plus 8 bank holidays fully paid.
6 months full pay for sickness and 6 months at half pay.
All weekends off, although I worked most Saturdays at full pay + half.
If I worked bank holidays it was full pay + half and a day off in lieu full pay.
If I worked Christmas day or New Year's Day it was paid at treble time+ day off in lieu.
35 hour week.
In the UK, I work a 4 day week with a maximum of 39 hours a week, I also work compulsory overtime 1 in 3 Sundays a year,
for this I get 28 holiday days off a year, which equates to 6 & a half weeks paid time off.
I'm the UK I was given 6 weeks off on full pay during the pandemic because I tested positive for covid 3 times (2 weeks each time) and it didn't even come out of holiday pay
What is worth noting is most people in construction in the UK aware sub contractors so we don’t get sick pay or holiday, but we do get a nice little tax rebate every April
LOL Americans are so free!
Makes sense. I travelled to the US one Easter and a lovely lady from Conneticut (also on holiday in Florida) was flabagasted when we said we were there for two weeks and not just three days. Presumably she had nowhere near the annual leave quota
Yes it cost an absolute fortune for us to be there for that long but I still had three weeks holiday to play with when we got back . (My employer gives extra holiday on certain service milestone to reward long service)
In the UK if you work full time (eg 5 days a week) You'll get 28 days holiday a year, this normally includes the 8 Bank Holidays
I've never worked at a place that included the bank holidays in my annual leave allowance. My son gets 7 weeks holiday plus bank holidays.
Don't forget to mention that five days off is a week off if you work a 5 day week. So 28 days off is just over 5 weeks off. I worked a flexible hours job and I had something like 250 hours a year to take as holiday and I could take it in 15 minute units if I wanted to. I took minimum allowed lunch breaks of 30 minutes so a typical working day for me was start at 7am and leave at 3:15pm and finish early on Fridays at noon.
@christineharding4190 This became law in 2009 because many employers were abusing it counting the 8 days public holiday in their 20 days statuary holiday pay). So if you had a good employer you got 28 days paid holiday and if you had a rogue employer you only got 20 days holiday.
When Evan worked his 20 hour week and got 21 days holiday, that is = 4 weeks and 1 day as they are calculated on a 5 day working week basis.
With respect,Tyler in the US you don't have any mandatory workers rights at all. No statutory sick pay and parental rights or statutory holidays. In the US you work to live it's as simple as that. The employers have all the power to give you benefits that are basic human rights in the UK.The US government whether its republican or democrats provide nothing for American citizens your taxes fund the military and nothing else.You call this freedom what freedoms so you have that I don't .
In Poland (central Europe) if you are employee (contracted, not civil agreement) you have 21-26 days of paid vacation per year (depending on your total internship). Plus, extra 2 days for taking care of your kid, plus some occasional leave (e.g. death of family member, childbirth, wedding etc - all 100% paid). Plus, you can get free day if you donate blood. Your regular sick leave is 80% paid, but some of types of sick leave are 100% paid.
The NHS workers get 6 months full pay then 6 months half pay .for sick
If you want to get really depressed... Since moving to Germany from the UK, I get 30 days paid holiday, which, as I only work Monday to Friday, equates to 6 weeks + public holidays, the first six weeks of sick leave is paid 100% (without any bonuses for shifts etc.), after that up to 72 weeks at 80% of your average salary, paid to you by your health insurance, maternity leave is 1 year and paid, but you can halve the payments and stretch it to 2 years without any risk of losing your job, it's also possible for the father to take the time and the mother to go to work instead. My company offered me a position in the US a few years ago, which I turned down because they said I couldn't keep my German contract.
tyler, with the greatest respect, this video is about to become out of date, new laws are being passed, to enhance workers rights
i wont get into the full in's and outs as i dont know them properly, this is just what i have heard
you will be able to start new job, and declare yourself sick from day 1
here are some examples, and changes there are more
Day-one rights: Employees will have the right to protection from unfair dismissal, sick pay, and parental and bereavement leave from the first day of employment.
End to zero hour contracts: The bill will ban "exploitative" zero hour contracts.
Improved conditions for gig economy workers: The bill will improve conditions for gig economy workers.
Right to request more predictable work patterns: The bill will give employees the right to request more predictable work patterns.
Enhanced maternity rights: The bill will enhance maternity rights.
End to fire and rehire practices: The bill will end the practice of fire and rehire.
Yeah right!.... thats gonna happen after you muppets voted for Trump and his big business buds 🤡
Is that a weak effort to catch up with the rest of the world Sean? These are rights that almost the whole world has had for many decades. Will everyone, however many or few hours they work each week, get a minimum of 25 days paid vacation leave in addition to public holidays? Will bosses still try to make it difficult for employees to take days off?
@@scrappystocks you have listened to the previous comment, who thou i maybe america, im 60 years old uk born nd bread and have enjoyed, these right all my life, as they have evolved over the years, so where you come up with weak effort, not sure about that one
@@scrappystocks also, not sure your conutry, in the UK, its min of 28 days mandated by law, that does include back holidays
@seanmc1351 I appreciate the info! I've not been keeping up to date so didn't know. I've been unable to work for a few years because of CPTSD & seizures. Now doing much better & desperate to go back to work. Last time I was working there was nothing but zero hour contracts. Glad that's changing!
Same rights in New Zealand. Americans who visit here can't believe this. To us these are basic rights that any civilised country would have. Which pretty much sums America up.
Merry xmas - thanks for great content in 2024 😊 Yes - it's not about democrats and republicans when in America no one has made sure Americans get these rights, which not only Europe has put in but many '3rd world' countries put in these peoples rights - and decades ago
It's America's attitude towards work. There is no work to life ratio it's all work. In the rest of the world people work to live where as in the the usa people live to work.
I once worked for an American company in the UK years ago and we got 28 days holiday, sick pay and maternity and paternity pay, if I worked for the same American company in the US I wouldn’t have gotten any work benefits like holidays, sick, maternity or paternity leave, I find it amazing that Americans allow non Americans working for American companies abroad don’t get the same rights..
You can also get government rent support on long term sick or if you lose your job in the UK. I'd say five weeks and bank holidays , so maybe closer to six weeks, is the UK norm. I worked in a factory that shut down three week in summer and two weeks for Christmas/new year and we still got things like May Day and Easter off. And yeah, this is for all workers in the UK. From the bottom to the top.
I work for a UK charity. I get six weeks of holiday plus bank holidays (eight days) plus the week between Christmas and New Year.
The more Americans who see your videos on what it's like in other countries, the more who have a chance to embrace new ideas about their work to life balance, cheap or free education for all, free healthcare for all, etc. Maybe you are the person making America great again.
In New Zealand, a starting position will come with 4 weeks holiday. Time and Half pay overtime. If you work a Stuatary holiday you will get time and a half + a day in lieu. Sick leave is 5 days. Maternity leave is 10 weeks to 6 months depending on the employer. The minimum wage is $12.96 USD. A working week is 40 hrs.
I live in England and am a manager of 19 employees. They have the same holiday and sick benefits as I do. It's law, if you have people who don't get a break, you have high staff turnover. They also earn extra holiday for hours worked over their contract. It helps to encourage them to cover other people's sickness.
My former line manager got an entire 6 months off on full pay following a bad traffic accident. After that he had a phased return to work, part time hours but full time pay, until he ready to work full time again. Most of this wasn't even a legal requirement, just the company looking after us. Happy, healthy employees put more effort in and are more loyal.