It's funny how governments accuse the gig economy of robbing people of various worker benefits, when it's the government's own rules that rob them, and freelancers too, of those benefits.
As a freelancer, I'd love to have financial security, but my government won't let me have that. I think it's possible to voluntarily pay a tax to cover paid sick leave, but I don't think it's possible for me to pay a voluntary employer tax to get unemployment pay unless I run a limited company and hire myself.
@thor In Germany you ca¦ pay into an unemployment insurance if you are self-employed and HAVE to if you are employed.
Health insurance is always mandatory, but if you want to make sure you still get money after 43 days of "sick leave" you can insure yourself against it. It isn't that much more expensive than the regular health insurance.
@inAktion I said nothing about arrangements for the employed, because there's only one thing to say about them: Every fee is mandatory and everything is covered. You have to pay a fee for government health and disability insurance (trygdeavgift) and your employer has to pay a fee (arbeidsgiveravgift) to cover unemployment benefits (dagpenger).
@inAktion Oops... I replied to Mastodon posts in the morning before I'm fully human. Sorry about that. I'm not normally this cranky.
@inAktion You're my second accidental victim today, the first being my mother, who got told off for bringing my plate to the kitchen instead of letting me fetch it myself. I think I need a secret room to prepare and eat breakfast in to avoid accidentally scolding people in the mornings. I'm not tired and my mood is fine. I just have zero tolerance for anything until a certain amount of time has passed. God knows why.
@inAktion (I'm on vacation up north to visit my parents.)
@thor So no more tooting before coffee, breakfast and a little walk? ;-)
Anyways, have a lovely vacation and be nice to your mom 😜
@inAktion It's hard to resist checking your phone in the morning...
@thor I was only trying to explain how it is handled for freelancers in Germany. Sorry for having missed your point.