Comments on: Why Your Employees Need Sick Days — and Unsick Days

By: Tiffany Soles

Tiffany Soles — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 13:14:49 +0000

Thank you for writing about this, Suzanne! I’ve been lucky to work for a company that has allowed me to use a sick day for my annual “Doctor Day” for the past few years. I love that I can take this day without using a vacation day and not having to worry about rushing back to the office, especially since appointments always run late.

By: BethRA

BethRA — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 17:30:53 +0000

The new(ish) paid sick leave law in Massachusetts specifies that employees can use their earned sick leave for routine care as well as taking care of a child, spouse or parent. I’d much rather have someone take the time to get their kid to the doctor than to have them stressed and distracted in the office.

By: MariaRose

MariaRose — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 15:57:01 +0000

PTO is time given employees to use for whatever reason. The PTO includes vacation, sick and personal time off. Paid holidays are also a different PTO status, especially in regards to classified federal holidays, of which there are 5 at current time in the USA. A full time worker has to work at least 1500 hours over the 52 weeks of the year. That leaves ample time for vacation to be scheduled. The problem for the employers is with the use of personal time used for personal reasons whether sick or personal ( non-sick), which are not really scheduled that far in advance.
But if the wages of the employee are based on a prediction of pay for the year which includes time worked and PTO, then the only problem is getting that employee to take the time off and the employer just has to honor the time off request.