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"Sick days" means the company will pay you for that number of days missed being ill, if you are ill for longer then you will have to make a claim against your short term disability insurance and long term disability after that. So it's kinda like Spain except you get paid for the first 1-3 days (namely the "sick days" from your company) and then get paid in full eventually cutting down to 60% by the insurance.

>>pandam+(OP)
Ah, thanks. It sounds like the logic of short term disability insurance from Social Security works similarly in both countries. The main difference appears to be that in the US the onus is on the worker to expressly make the claim and do the paperwork to receive payment from disability insurance, while in Spain the process is transparent for the worker, who superficially continues to receive payment from their employer even though the funds are ultimately coming from SS.

>>Mordis+h51
SSDI is not a short term, short term disability is a private insurance, usually provided as a benefit, but also available for purchase yourself.