Companies do this because they have to pay out remaining vacation days if you leave, but don't have to pay out sick days.
The US has a thing called "Disability Benefits" which is exactly what you are describing.31 vacation days per year here and unlimited* sick days.
* You don't get paid for the first sick day, but if you fall ill again within a couple of days or if there's a chronic illness that makes you have more than 10 sick leaves, you will get paid** for any extra.
** You get a decent*** percentage of your standard pay depending on how many days you've been away.
*** A word describing social security that the US can only dream of, but hey, freedom.
lol, that you even have to ask.
I have 20 PAID vacation days (just as every other working person in my country,) I have 10 PAID national holidays (just as every other person in my country.) If I'm sick for less than 30 days in a row, I get full pay from my boss. If it last longer, I can slightly less from the nationally funded insurance.
So nah, your system and thus idea suck.
0To those saying unlimited sick days, be honest, how many Fridays have you taken "sick"?
Yes
This is weird. So you get an amount of "Sick Days" that's basically a given you should take (or you're losing out) and you have separate holidays. So people basically count sick days in with their allowance of holidays when you think about it...
America is a fucking mental place.
How about you get a full roster of vacation days to take that's equal to what you get now in total including the sick days... Annnnd when you're actually sick you take a proper sick day which is paid for anyway up to a reasonable limit and with a doctor's sign off.
Not by law, in the US it's up to the employer whether to offer paid time off for holidays or not, unless the employer is the government. And if they make you work the holiday they aren't required to pay you any more than your normal pay. Admittedly, many companies would have a hard time employing people if they didn't recognize *any* holiday, but every company I've worked for has recognized different holidays for paid time off.
It is worth pointing out that if you work for a company that doesn't offer paid holidays typically they pay you an additional rate on those days.Not by law, in the US it's up to the employer whether to offer paid time off for holidays, unless the employer is the government. Admittedly, many companies would have a hard time employing people if they didn't recognize *any* holiday, but every company I've worked for has recognized different holidays for paid time off. Right now I'm in a bad position where I work *for* a company that only has like 6 holidays per year, but I work *at* a company that has a whole ton. When the company I work at is closed when the company I work for isn't, I am forced to take a paid vacation day or just not get paid.
Plenty of countries have sick day policies.Sick days are the most American thing I've ever heard about. Jesus effing Christ.
From a policy standpoint, it's hard to track and document abuse with unlimited sick though.Or just give people unlimited sick days. Just don't obviously abuse it.
To those saying unlimited sick days, be honest, how many Fridays have you taken "sick"?
Companies do this because they have to pay out remaining vacation days if you leave, but don't have to pay out sick days.
20% of them.To those saying unlimited sick days, be honest, how many Fridays have you taken "sick"?
From a policy standpoint, it's hard to track and document abuse with unlimited sick though.
Yeah, exactly. I've managed one or two people who abused unlimited sick days. We had a soft cap at 25 days and then we had to track them individually after that. Just not worth the administrative work.From a policy standpoint, it's hard to track and document abuse with unlimited sick though.
But they don't have to if they don't want, it's not law, just how it works because it's harder to find employees when you don't offer paid holidays or at least holiday pay.It is worth pointing out that if you work for a company that doesn't offer paid holidays typically they pay you an additional rate on those days.
Companies do this because they have to pay out remaining vacation days if you leave, but don't have to pay out sick days.