German chancellor Friedrich Merz announced sweeping tax, pension and labour reforms today, including that workers will now be required to get a medical certificate saying they’re too unwell to work from the first day of sick leave.  Workers in Germany used to be able to take up to three sick days without seeing a doctor and could call a doctor for a one-week sick leave letter without an in-person appointment.  Under the new reforms, both options are now banned.  In a speech, Merz flagged “exorbitant levels of sick leave in companies following the pandemic” and said: “We are…
  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
    3·
    11 days ago

    Freedom of the press in Israel?

    Glacial state of the conflict?

    Few Israelis arguing in favor of this?

    !!!

    wow

    • Gladaed@feddit.orgEnglish
      12·
      11 days ago

      There are journalists on the ground. Many of them. There are large, international newspapers. There are far fewer than 1000 people dying most days. It has went on for years. That’s a slow pace.

      There are some notable Israeli figures who argue in favor of this. I didn’t intend to write the are only a few of them, but that there are at least some.