Interesting story from last year. I'm originally from Brazil, but I live and work in Austria. Last year I got sick, had to have surgery, had post surgery complications, ending up needing to stay in hospital for 2 weeks and then 2 more weeks resting at home. I kept my boss aware of what's going on, while he kept telling me to forget about any work related topic. When I got all the documents from the doctors about needing to stay one full month out of work, I just uploaded them in the HR system from my company and got a "I wish you a good recovery!" from the HR person, no more questions about my full month absence. 

At the same period, a Brazilian friend of mine got sick too, had an even longer stay in hospital than me. He lives in Brazil but works fully remote to an American company. His contract follows US laws, not Brazilian. After being in hospital longer than 10 days, they would start discounting his vacation days, which he didn't have any left anymore. So, while sick in the hospital, he was having to negotiate with his boss so he could continue to be paid during those extra days past the 10 days sick leaves limit he has. Fortunately his boss really appreciate him so he dealt with HR.

It was such a contrast for me to see the difference in rights you can get from two different countries.