H1N1 and how much Sick Leave do you get at work.

[NMAmy]

I get 12 days per year--half of which can be used to care for an ill family member and any unused time rolls over at the new fiscal year. I just checked--right now I have a little over 23 days available.

I work at a college--I'm interested to see if instructors will be more tolerant of students missing class during this flu season. I think it's going to be a bad year and not just with H1N1. I just sent someone home in an adjoining office and I'm covering for them--everyone in their office is ill today.

 

[Trish Bessette]

I have over 200 paid sick days Love my job!!

 

[Carly_Roach]

I know too many people who are working (and have been working) as independent contractors. They have little choice since unemployment has been in the double-digits here for so long. But this means they don't make enough money for insurance and they don't get any paid time off for anything: personal, sick or vacation. The companies they work for won't hire them in as permanent employees because of the economy and the workers are happy to at least have some kind of a job.

Take a week off for the H1N1 flu so you don't spread it to others?? Don't think so. 1 week = 1 month's mortgage payment and too many are too close to foreclosure around here for that to happen.

I don't see employers changing their ways anytime soon. Ain't nuthin' we can do about it so there's no use panicking. You don't work, you don't get paid, you lose your house. End of story. If people die, then people die. I'll expect to see people coming in sick all winter long and trying to work. I'll just take extra vitamin C, get as much sleep as possible at night and ride it out.

 

[horseshowmom]

This is going to be a major problem. Even if folks have enough sick leave to cover their personal illness, they probably won't have enough to cover their kids being sick as well. I think we will see a lot of people at work when they are sick because they don't have enough sick leave to cover their needs.



Part time CMS, which is the majority of the CMs at Disney, do not get sick days. If they call in sick, they get a point. If they do not return to work after three days (I believe that is the correct number), they must have a doctor's note or they get additional points. If they get too many points, they can loose their job. Since many don't have insurance, I doubt that many will want to spend the money to go to a doctor. I believe that a lot of them will go to work ill. Not a good thing.

I agree completely. We see this a lot in schools (particularly in schools where the majority of parents have lower paying jobs - like my school). Many parents work in places where they can lose their job if they are absent more than once or twice.

The best thing for them to do would be to find someone who can watch the child for them, but that often costs extra money that they don't have. Soo, they go to work sick and send their kids to school sick.

 

[KAMKIM]

We have 15 CTO days - but have the ability to work from home so if need be I would do this.

 

[zachnsamsmommy]

I had H1N1 about 2 weeks ago, and I know of very few employers that would let employees stay home until the cough is gone. Today is day 12 for me and I still have a bad cough, though I've been fever free for almost 6 days. I was told by my dr that the cough could last another week. So, like I said, I really don't see any employers letting their employees miss 3 weeks of work.

And i didn't vote in the poll b/c I am a SAHM, and technically don't get any sick days .

 

[NotUrsula]

My employer has just issued a statement on sick leave re: H1N1.

We normally have 6 sick days per year, with no rollover. However, this year, they have said that you can stay out as many days as your physician recommends if you or your minor child have a contagious respiratory illness. You have to submit a Physician's note for the extra days.

 

[ead79]

I accrue 1 sick day per month I've worked at my current employer. So I'm now at 16 days (since I've taken a few over the course of the past 2 years).

 

[lillygator]

we have PTO...I get 30 days vacation per year and 8 days "sick" you can have up to 100 days accrued in your sick bank. 40 hrs of vacation days have to be sent before going to your sick bank.

if you have fever and signs of flu, we are requiring you to stay home 7 days...this is a hospital.

 

[horseshowmom]

My employer has just issued a statement on sick leave re: H1N1.

We normally have 6 sick days per year, with no rollover. However, this year, they have said that you can stay out as many days as your physician recommends if you or your minor child have a contagious respiratory illness. You have to submit a Physician's note for the extra days.

See, this is what really makes sense. I wish all employers would look at it like this.

 

[golfgal]

I had H1N1 about 2 weeks ago, and I know of very few employers that would let employees stay home until the cough is gone. Today is day 12 for me and I still have a bad cough, though I've been fever free for almost 6 days. I was told by my dr that the cough could last another week. So, like I said, I really don't see any employers letting their employees miss 3 weeks of work.

And i didn't vote in the poll b/c I am a SAHM, and technically don't get any sick days .

There really isn't a reason to stay home that long. Once you are fever free for 24 hours or so you should be ok to go back to work. Yes, the cough is annoying but you are no longer contagious.

 

[LimeGreenEd]

We get "Benefit Hours" which covers vacations, sick days and personal days. If you use it when you're sick then you can't take a vacation.

 

[christineann]

We get 1 or 1 1/2 weeks of sick leave per year (can't remember). I have accumulated around 200 hours. Our sick leave and vacation are separate, and sick leave is not to be used for vacation. Around November - December we have an epidemic of 24 hour illnesses, usually on Fridays, by those who admit they don't want to carry any sick leave over, and these "sudden illnesses" leave the rest of us in a bind covering their work load. A co worker calculated her sick leave incorrectly and got docked for a couple of days she called in sick, and she told those of us who had to do her work "I would have planned my sick days better if I had known that!" I guess there is really no incentive not to (other than the honesty part). I can't afford to miss a single paycheck, so I would rather not be caught short if I get sick or have an accident.

 

[Boston Tea Party]

I have 22 days as the moment. We get 11 days per year and they roll over from year to year.

Working in a school, I feel like it is coming. I just want to get it and be done with it.

 

[disney1990]

There really isn't a reason to stay home that long. Once you are fever free for 24 hours or so you should be ok to go back to work. Yes, the cough is annoying but you are no longer contagious.

According to the new recommendation, 24 hours after a fever is not the new guideline. It is a week after symptoms first appear (see story in first post). Nothing mentioned about the coughing, which will probably continue for a while.

 

[MariDisney]

I'm self-employed. SO, I can easily not work if I'm sick. But, I can only bill clients for hours I work, so being sick for several days can be a significant impact.

 

[golfgal]

It would be a good idea to brush up on your short-term disability policy if you have one at work. Find out what the waiting period is for benefits to kick in. Some policies are a typically they are a week or two. Most companies design this to work with their sick time and long-term disability. If you have 2 weeks of sick time, chances are you have a 14 day wait period on your short term disability-for example. Check your benefit book or call your HR person.

 

[aprilgail2]

It would be a good idea to brush up on your short-term disability policy if you have one at work. Find out what the waiting period is for benefits to kick in. Some policies are a typically they are a week or two. Most companies design this to work with their sick time and long-term disability. If you have 2 weeks of sick time, chances are you have a 14 day wait period on your short term disability-for example. Check your benefit book or call your HR person.

We don't have any waiting period but you do have to use all your vacation time and personal days before you can go into your 60 percent "disability" days but they start the minute you are out of paid time so you don't have any time where you are not getting some pay.

 

[golfgal]

We don't have any waiting period but you do have to use all your vacation time and personal days before you can go into your 60 percent "disability" days but they start the minute you are out of paid time so you don't have any time where you are not getting some pay.

Then you have a waiting period if you have to use all of your vacation time first.