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Also in the US. Doctor visits for me come out of sick leave, a yearly-recycling collection of days that I'm allowed to take out for reasons of sickness. I have

Also in the US. Doctor visits for me come out of sick leave, a yearly-recycling collection of days that I'm allowed to take out for reasons of sickness. I have a separate set of days for vacation time. As for funerals in particular, I haven't run in to this situation, so I don't know what I would be doing.

moheeb 14y ago
OK I'll provide a few tips as you're obviously doing it wrong ;) The vacation days are what you should be using for stuff like doctor's visits and sickness. The sick days are to be kept forever...or an actual vacation. Normally on termination you get reimbursed for sick days. The vacation days are gone however. In the case of a funeral...that is a vacation!
- kscaldef 14y ago
  Hmm... I suppose policies may vary, but in my experience exactly the opposite tends to be true. Sick days and personal days vanish at the end of the year while vacation days generally accumulate (sometimes with a cap, though). It's fairly common for people with separate pools to use "sick" days to just take a day off to recharge or run errands. (Although, technically, employers often have the right to demand a doctor's note, but seldom actually do so.)
- sadga 14y ago
  That's completely reversed from most of the US. Vacation is usually paid out, sick time expires. Also, many employers require vacation be scheduled in advance, while sick can be on-demand.
- sukuriant 14y ago
  At my work, sick days expire at the end of the year and vacation days are kept for a some amount of time, before they meet a functional cap.
kscaldef 14y ago
Many companies have a policy for bereavement leave. The amount may depend on your relationship to the deceased. For example, it might be a week for a parent, spouse, or child; 3 days for a grandparent; etc.
mseidl 14y ago
In Germany we have no sick days. If we are sick, we stay home. If we are sick for 3+ days we need a note from the doctor. But this does not affect our vacation time at all.

moheeb 14y ago

OK I'll provide a few tips as you're obviously doing it wrong ;) The vacation days are what you should be using for stuff like doctor's visits and sickness. The sick days are to be kept forever...or an actual vacation. Normally on termination you get reimbursed for sick days. The vacation days are gone however. In the case of a funeral...that is a vacation!

kscaldef 14y ago
Hmm... I suppose policies may vary, but in my experience exactly the opposite tends to be true. Sick days and personal days vanish at the end of the year while vacation days generally accumulate (sometimes with a cap, though). It's fairly common for people with separate pools to use "sick" days to just take a day off to recharge or run errands. (Although, technically, employers often have the right to demand a doctor's note, but seldom actually do so.)
sadga 14y ago
That's completely reversed from most of the US. Vacation is usually paid out, sick time expires. Also, many employers require vacation be scheduled in advance, while sick can be on-demand.
sukuriant 14y ago
At my work, sick days expire at the end of the year and vacation days are kept for a some amount of time, before they meet a functional cap.

kscaldef 14y ago

Many companies have a policy for bereavement leave. The amount may depend on your relationship to the deceased. For example, it might be a week for a parent, spouse, or child; 3 days for a grandparent; etc.

mseidl 14y ago

In Germany we have no sick days. If we are sick, we stay home. If we are sick for 3+ days we need a note from the doctor. But this does not affect our vacation time at all.