The French:...hum...nothing changes. Forever. No salary change or drop and of course your job awaits you when you get better. Should you get worse and be unable to work, you get paid.
@VeroniqueB99 Don't forget the cost of the healthcare in your calculations.
@EI3JDB it's the same everywhere...
@VeroniqueB99 It's not, though. Here in socialist Ireland, my hospital visits are virtually free. (There's a €100/day fixed copay, which is waived if I have a low income.) Getting sick won't bankrupt me and my family with medical bills.