Quarantine Life
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James Cruz19 said:So, I was out for ten days—six of those were actual workdays. This lady I was with who actually caught the bug was just hanging at home after they cleared her $67. My doctor didn't even put me down for standard sick leave; she wrote it as isolation instead. Apparently, you get regular sick pay if you're actually sick, but if you're just in isolation, that's a different thing entirely. Anyway, my job told me I had to email Medicare to sort out my pay
Look, here’s how it works. If you're on regular sick leave because you're actually ill, your employer covers at least 70% of your pay (or more depending on your contract) for up to 41 days. But with this whole quarantine thing, the Social Security Administration picks up the tab immediately, and they just pay out a flat maximum of $1417 for the entire month. In real-world terms? If you make $2000, you get your daily rate for the days you actually worked, plus whatever difference there is from that $2000 amount during the $1417 days you were stuck in isolation. Basically, the higher your salary, the bigger the gap you'll notice, but if you're pulling in $1333, you won't see any difference at all.
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