ButtercreamBear
ButtercreamBear t1_j23l8g5 wrote
Reply to comment by symmetryofzero in LPT: If you work an office job, save your time off for non-holiday seasons by supermagicpants
The idea that you have to save up sick leave is also a ridiculous system to some of us, fyi
ButtercreamBear t1_j23l0n0 wrote
Reply to LPT: If you work an office job, save your time off for non-holiday seasons by supermagicpants
Lol. My girlfriend is a teacher. The only time we can take off together is during the quiet times when everyone else is with their kids.
ButtercreamBear t1_j2462ur wrote
Reply to comment by symmetryofzero in LPT: If you work an office job, save your time off for non-holiday seasons by supermagicpants
Have up to 7 sick days in a row off without a doctor's note.
If you're ill before you take annual leave, you can take it as sick leave instead.
If you don't take all your annual leave because of illness, it carries into next year.
There are no limits on how much sick leave you can take, but after 4 consecutive weeks you're considered long-term sick. The employee can dismiss you after this, but only after exhausting all options that might help you get back to work, e.g. offering for you to return part-time etc.
My sister in law had cancer just after having a baby last year - her company allowed her to take the normal 1 year maternity leave, but delay the start until after her cancer treatment had concluded (which was taken as sick leave). They've given her the 6 months of sick leave she needed, and then the year maternity on top. All paid.