Paid to Stay Home: Europe’s Safety Net Could Ease Toll of Coronavirus (Published 2020)

The empty main shopping street in Pavia, in Italy northern region, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus.Credit...Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times PARIS — Keeping your salary while caring for a quarantined child. Exercising the right to not work if you are afraid of getting ill. Sick-leave pay for up to six months. Europe is sometimes considered a home of overly generous social policie

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