However, sick leave is unheard of in some countries. And not so unheard of in some other countries. I once got sick right before my regular paid vacation and

However, sick leave is unheard of in some countries. And not so unheard of in some other countries. I once got sick right before my regular paid vacation and the sickness continued well over a week over into the vacation time. It was severe enough that I had actually went to see a doctor (I do that maybe once in a decade) and she wrote me a sick leave grant. Now, after the vacation when I got back to work it turns out, that in my country, if you have a sick leave granted by your doctor you actually get your vacation days reimbursed for the time of the sick leave. Thus, me being sick for a week on my vacation ended up being my employer's loss by law or whichever collective bargaining deal that happened to apply, and I got to have that one week of vacation at a later time when I was fortunately not as sick. :)