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Amazon worker who was ran over and shot during NO attack denied medical leave. (archive.ph)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"He was coming so fast, there wasn't any time to move all the way out the way"

Scott-Windham returned to Mobile Wednesday night with the bullet still in her foot, along with multiple fractures.

She'll need to return to an orthopedist in two weeks to check on her foot. But the Amazon warehouse where she works denied her request for a leave of absence, and she worries she'll have to find a new job once she's recovered.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Many people in America think this is how it is everywhere else in the world. That in itself is a form of American exceptionalism

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Here in Romania, the state pays for your salary during medical leave so it's not a burden to the company (between 75% and 100% of the salary depending on the medical reason, for up to 180 days. There are other social nets beyond the 180 days). Of course, there is a tax for that that everyone pays, so it's like a state-run insurance fund, but unlike private insurance they can't deny it.