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Originally posted by DeltAlum
Here's the most important thing: Sick days are just that -- days that the company allows for unavoidable illness. Sick days are NOT additional vacation. If you're not there, someone else probably has to cover you/your job. That costs the company money, and cut into profits, and, in the long run, the smart company will begin cutting back on those benefits. Your benefits.
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Well let me be devil's advocate if I may. This doesn't apply to me b/c my PTO all comes out of one bank with a constant accrual, but....
I know that sick days often do not "roll over" from year to year which means at that end of that year the employee will "lose" the sick days if they go unused. The employee will often feel that this is a benefit owed to them...and just b/c they didn't get sick does that mean they don't get the time out of the office just as their colleague did. If there is no consequence to using a sick day without actually being sick, then what really stops someone from using/abusing this "benefit"? Do you make the employee bring in a doctor's note and decrease the lack of trust in the work environment? Do you offer another benefit for those not using all their sick time so they don't feel "cheated" out of a privelege?
Just some thoughts.
I'm looking to go back to school for Health Administration with an emphasis in HR...so if anyone really does have answers, please share them.