Canada

people tend to go to work when they are sick if they don't get paid for taking the day off. The downside of that is that they spread their germs around to their co-workers and customers, and they aren't able to give 100% to the job.

Government historically had good sick benefits. People tend to take time off when they're sick if they get paid. They also take the occasional "mental health" day when they can get away with it.

Government is now renegotiating sick benefits. For example, the post office now gets 7 days a year which can be taken for any reason. If you are sick for more than a week you go to short term which pays I think 60%, or could be a bit more. But then you are dealing with an insurance company who is hounding you to go back to work.

I really don't know what the answer is. I do think people should be paid to stay home when they're sick, I kind of resent being coughed and sneezed over.