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Sick leave is not the same as vacation days.

• dominotw 4y ago
  what does it matter what its called though. why should i have to reveal my health conditions to my boss.
  • ac29 4y ago
    There are legal differences between sick leave and vacation, at least where I live. The former is required by state law, the latter isnt. Vacation hours can be accrued and have a cash-out value, sick leave will expire. There are a bunch of other rules as well. You should never have to reveal the nature of any health conditions to an employer to take sick leave.
    • dominotw 4y ago
      gotcha. thank you for that explantion!
  • stingraycharles 4y ago
    Well for starters, you typically have a limited number of vacation days a year, while sick days don’t have these limitations. Secondly, in case of burnout (or similar), it’s not unheard of (at least over here in .nl) that you stay at home for extended periods of time, and gradually restart picking up your workload. That kind of thing is very different from vacation.