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Depending fully what that would impact: seems quite reasonable to me

Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, February 07 2013 @ 01:54 PM EST

Years ago I worked at a company that offered Holidays, Holy Days, Special Days, and Sick Days.

You were granted:
7 days vacation. These could roll over.
3 Holy Days. These did not roll over.
3 Special days. These did not roll over.
5 Sick days. These did roll over.

There were a couple of strings attached to each of those days.

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Depending fully what that would impact: seems quite reasonable to me - Authored by: Wol on Thursday, February 07 2013 @ 04:20 PM EST

Flexible leave could have unintended side effects

Authored by: bugstomper on Thursday, February 07 2013 @ 04:14 PM EST

I once worked at a place that had a flexible leave policy that provided so many
days that could be used for vacation or sick time. It was touted as being of
benefit to the employees by giving us more choice.

As a result, people would be more likely to come to work sick (and spread the
illness) because they did not want to lose their vacation time. Why stay home
and be miserable not getting work done when you could be miserable and
unproductive just as easily at the office and save up your leave for when you
could enjoy it? When sick time was accounted for separately from vacation time,
people were more likely to take the days they needed to recover and not inflict
their colds on everyone else.

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That already occurs - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, February 08 2013 @ 06:14 PM EST

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