Posted by Dave C. on November 12, 2009, 1:12 pm
> >> Same here. My employer has what's called combined time off. I'm
> >> salaried, so this doesn't apply to me, but if someone calls in
> >> sick, they have to use two CTO days (basically vacation days)
> >> before they can use actual sick time. If you don't have any CTO,
> >> then you have to take those 2 days unpaid. They also track your
> >> sick days. Too many Mondays or Fridays and you get a couple
> >> points. Too many points in a 12-month period and it goes on your
> >> record.
> >>
> >> Marsha
> >
> > So...how do you tell the Flu that it's not convenient to get sick
> > on a Monday or Friday? -Dave
>
> When I wanted to go skiing on a "sick day" I always chose Tuesday or
> Wednesday. I still ended up losing over 700 hours of sick leave when
> I was laid off after 12 years. The people who took it whenever they
> earned it were way smarter :-(
>
Well it's a gamble. It didn't work out in your favor when you got laid
off. But let's look at this from the other side. I got majorly sick
last year. Like, I almost died. When I checked myself into the
hospital, the triage nurse (or whatever you call her) said she'd never
seen vital signs like I had (at the time) in someone who was still
breathing. (ouch!) I was out of work for well over a month. I had a
week of sick time I could use. After that, I luckily had short-term
disability coverage. Unfortunately, short-term disability coverage
didn't even give me 30% of my usual pay. I would have been in much
better shape if I had 700 hours of sick leave to draw on. I had
doctors' notes stating there was no way I was going back to work
anytime soon, so using that much sick time would not have been an
issue. I would have used about 250 hours of sick time, if I'd had it
available. We were basically living off of our savings for a while.
I understand your point where the people who took it whenever they
earned it were way smarter. But what if one of them had gotten sick,
like really sick? -Dave
Posted by The Real Bev on November 13, 2009, 2:17 pm
Dave C. wrote:
>> >> Same here. My employer has what's called combined time off. I'm
>> >> salaried, so this doesn't apply to me, but if someone calls in
>> >> sick, they have to use two CTO days (basically vacation days)
>> >> before they can use actual sick time. If you don't have any CTO,
>> >> then you have to take those 2 days unpaid. They also track your
>> >> sick days. Too many Mondays or Fridays and you get a couple
>> >> points. Too many points in a 12-month period and it goes on your
>> >> record.
>> >>
>> >> Marsha
>> >
>> > So...how do you tell the Flu that it's not convenient to get sick
>> > on a Monday or Friday? -Dave
>>
>> When I wanted to go skiing on a "sick day" I always chose Tuesday or
>> Wednesday. I still ended up losing over 700 hours of sick leave when
>> I was laid off after 12 years. The people who took it whenever they
>> earned it were way smarter :-(
>
> Well it's a gamble. It didn't work out in your favor when you got laid
> off. But let's look at this from the other side. I got majorly sick
> last year. Like, I almost died. When I checked myself into the
> hospital, the triage nurse (or whatever you call her) said she'd never
> seen vital signs like I had (at the time) in someone who was still
> breathing. (ouch!) I was out of work for well over a month. I had a
> week of sick time I could use. After that, I luckily had short-term
> disability coverage. Unfortunately, short-term disability coverage
> didn't even give me 30% of my usual pay. I would have been in much
> better shape if I had 700 hours of sick leave to draw on. I had
> doctors' notes stating there was no way I was going back to work
> anytime soon, so using that much sick time would not have been an
> issue. I would have used about 250 hours of sick time, if I'd had it
> available. We were basically living off of our savings for a while.
>
> I understand your point where the people who took it whenever they
> earned it were way smarter. But what if one of them had gotten sick,
> like really sick? -Dave
Short- or long-term disability. I finally signed up for LTD during the first
open-enrollment period without realizing that it was a total waste because by
that time I had so much sick leave accumulated :-(
--
Cheers, Bev
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Posted by Bert Hyman on November 13, 2009, 3:13 pm
> I finally signed up for LTD during the first open-enrollment period
> without realizing that it was a total waste because by that time I had
> so much sick leave accumulated :-(
>
You have enough sick leave to cover you for the remainder of your life
(or age 65, depending on your policy) if you became sick or injured
today and could no longer work?
Now, that's interesting.
--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert@iphouse.com
Posted by The Real Bev on November 13, 2009, 4:42 pm
Bert Hyman wrote:
>
>> I finally signed up for LTD during the first open-enrollment period
>> without realizing that it was a total waste because by that time I had
>> so much sick leave accumulated :-(
>>
> You have enough sick leave to cover you for the remainder of your life
> (or age 65, depending on your policy) if you became sick or injured
> today and could no longer work?
That was in 1990. I've been retired since 1995. SS+Medicare now. Unless I
break some useful body parts I'm good to go :-)
--
Cheers, Bev
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Jesus would have had 10 apostles."
- Jesse Helms
Posted by Dave C. on November 14, 2009, 10:41 am
>
> Did you know that nearly 20% of all absenteeism is on Mondays &
> Fridays?
Well considering that's 28% of the work week, I guess absenteeism is
LESS of a problem on Monday and Friday than it is the rest of the
week. -Dave
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> >> salaried, so this doesn't apply to me, but if someone calls in
> >> sick, they have to use two CTO days (basically vacation days)
> >> before they can use actual sick time. If you don't have any CTO,
> >> then you have to take those 2 days unpaid. They also track your
> >> sick days. Too many Mondays or Fridays and you get a couple
> >> points. Too many points in a 12-month period and it goes on your
> >> record.
> >>
> >> Marsha
> >
> > So...how do you tell the Flu that it's not convenient to get sick
> > on a Monday or Friday? -Dave
>
> When I wanted to go skiing on a "sick day" I always chose Tuesday or
> Wednesday. I still ended up losing over 700 hours of sick leave when
> I was laid off after 12 years. The people who took it whenever they
> earned it were way smarter :-(
>