Way back before people could work from home, I was in a car accident on my way to work and broke my right leg badly. I was out of work for 14 weeks, or 70 work days. I was only 5 years out of college and into my career. I ran through all my sick leave, vacation days, and personal time and had to go on sick leave at half pay for a few weeks. I was single at the time, so it wasn’t a huge hardship. When I retired 30+ years later, I had the maximum allowed sick leave accrued, 200 days. It was much more valuable in terms of extra service credit and its value was used to lower health insurance costs in retirement, but even if it weren’t used that way, it was valuable as form of disability insurance.I had 7 weeks that could only be used for sick time, not paid out if you left the company. Crashed on my bike and used it all. Fortunate that I had it.
Stuff happens, be aware.
Statistics: Posted by eddot98 — Tue Sep 03, 2024 11:56 pm — Replies 22 — Views 2139