>   I can't speak for the other 49 states, but in West Virginia, by law, one
 > cannot be denied medical care regardless of ability to pay, at a public,
 > non-profit medical facility.  
 >   This is, if one is ill, been in an accident, etc, they cannot be turned
 > away from such a facility.
 >   I have no idea how any costs are recovered, if at all.

Nice, but how many of these public non-profit medical associations exist, & how
well staffed(& equipment) are they?

 > > You're the one & onlty G20 country without universal coverage

 >   Getting a bit close to modern times there, not to mention modern
 > politics.

Nah, it's just philosophy now. . .  ;) 

 > > never had a boss question my request for tuime off, paid or not. 

 >   With my company one can request time off, for a good reason (doctors
 > appointment, etc).
 >   My captain will moan and groan and put up a protest but generally agrees
 > to it.

Good enough, eh? Do you need a doctor's letter each time?

 >   Being semi-retired I do a bit more leeway on getting time off.  There
 > isn't a lot the company can do about it.  

You give them solid work when y ou can & expect to be left alone when you
can't, eh?

 >   When I took six consecutive weeks off in '19, I merely put in the request
 > a month to six weeks in advance.  The same last year with two weeks off. 
 >   Security is different from most other companies.  We are expected to be
 > available to work 24/7/365.  Thus one can be called to work on their day
 > off, work doubles, etc.

Ouch.  :) My job in my current employewas suposed to be understood liike an
emergency room.  12-hour shifts & shift end time was dependent on need at the
time.

 >   We always work holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years
 > especially) since many businesses are closed and need extra coverage.

Makes sense to me! Are you on site, or remote monitoring?

 >   Married people get dibs on having the day off since they have families.

Employers used to give more flexibility (& pay) to the married folk, especially
if they had kids.  Now they try to skint everyone.

 > Single people, like me, have no real choice, since we have no real life or
 > family/friends or anything like that.  :)

quote, unquote, eh?

 >   Besides, its time and a half.  :)

Here you get 8 hours pay on your days off for stat holidays & 2.5X total if you
work the stat. I loved working stats. . .

 > > Did you get paid equally throughout the year, month by month?

 >   Not in security.

Sorry, I was thinking teaching, as you'd memtioned the school breaks.

 >   Sometimes we put in 80+ hour weeks, other times it's in the single
 > digits.

As long as you're getting paid what you should be, & on time, eh?

Your friend,

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Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
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