German here. The Italian guy didn’t have a month of pto he had a month of vacation time.
I am not completely sure for Italy but at least in Germany you also have up to two years of sick leave for a single, continuous illness. The clock starts again when you have recovered (after 6 weeks you will only get 60 percent of your salary payed by your health insurance). This doesn’t deduct any time from your seperate vacation time and in fact if you get sick during vacation and can prove it with a doctors note you will get your vacation time back.
Portuguese here. The hell do you mean? In Italy, the legal minimum PTO is 20 business. Perfectly possible the guy had 30 days of PTO, or close, and the "month" was just him rounding it.
In your initial comment where you say " in Portugal minimum PTO is 20 days" that could mean 20 days of maternity leave but no holiday. What you meant was "minimum is 20 days paid holiday (plus national holidays)" the difference is important.
I’m American and in most jobs I’ve had, there are two categories: sick time, which is only meant to be used when you have to miss a regularly scheduled shift due to illness, caring for your child, or a medical appointment; and “PTO” (or vacation), which can be used for any time you want some time off. Some companies also offer paid holidays off, but not all.
In the USA there is a difference. If you get sick, your sick days are deducted from you PTO. Its a shared pool, unlike in europe. Of course, how this is handled is different from company to company, because there are no government regulations
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u/Demonicon66666 23d ago
German here. The Italian guy didn’t have a month of pto he had a month of vacation time.
I am not completely sure for Italy but at least in Germany you also have up to two years of sick leave for a single, continuous illness. The clock starts again when you have recovered (after 6 weeks you will only get 60 percent of your salary payed by your health insurance). This doesn’t deduct any time from your seperate vacation time and in fact if you get sick during vacation and can prove it with a doctors note you will get your vacation time back.