Probably because several of these things are legal rights throughout the US for many people. In California you get 24 hours paid sick leave minimum per year. Usually more based on hours worked.
PTO or vacation is pretty ubiquitous. I had 4 weeks of PTO a year working at a non-union grocery store. It’s not a legal requirement though, so it fair critique.
The first 2 years of college is free in some states and heavily subsidized through grants/financial aid depending on your income. It’s not free, but it’s not completely free in most of the EU either.
US Healthcare is an obvious travesty. It’s more annoying that Medicare you gain access to in retirement is actually pretty good, so we could be better but just choose not to.
Also, I got 4 weeks paid family leave from the government and from my job with the birth of my child. It’s not alot but its not nothing.
There are lots of things wrong in the US but the graph doesn’t give a single measurement, it’s basically checkboxes that aren’t accurate for most Americans, as our largest population centers tend to have socialist protections/benefits codified. It’s fairly accurate on a federal level though.
But that’s the same for most of Europe, some places get much more protections.
Like in the NL, you get 104 weeks of contiguous paid sick leave, and your employer can’t even know what you’re sick with, and there are no doctors’ notes, you just tell them you’re sick.
Probably because several of these things are legal rights throughout the US for many people. In California you get 24 hours paid sick leave minimum per year. Usually more based on hours worked.
PTO or vacation is pretty ubiquitous. I had 4 weeks of PTO a year working at a non-union grocery store. It’s not a legal requirement though, so it fair critique.
The first 2 years of college is free in some states and heavily subsidized through grants/financial aid depending on your income. It’s not free, but it’s not completely free in most of the EU either.
US Healthcare is an obvious travesty. It’s more annoying that Medicare you gain access to in retirement is actually pretty good, so we could be better but just choose not to.
Also, I got 4 weeks paid family leave from the government and from my job with the birth of my child. It’s not alot but its not nothing.
There are lots of things wrong in the US but the graph doesn’t give a single measurement, it’s basically checkboxes that aren’t accurate for most Americans, as our largest population centers tend to have socialist protections/benefits codified. It’s fairly accurate on a federal level though.
But that’s the same for most of Europe, some places get much more protections.
Like in the NL, you get 104 weeks of contiguous paid sick leave, and your employer can’t even know what you’re sick with, and there are no doctors’ notes, you just tell them you’re sick.
Yes. It’s better there. The table isn’t ranked, it’s medal/no medal.
104 weeks is pretty bad-arsed! Go NL!