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In response to "I don't care if people beg off because their kids are sick. I really dislike when companies allow them to use sick time for this." by five tuesdays left love mandy lane

What do you expect parents to do? Love the kids at home alone?

Posted by amoxy (aka amoxy) Mar 27 '09, 08:15

And I will tell you, at lot of times when my kids were younger and I had to stay home with them, it was not a day off...

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vacation time. see? -- nm - five tuesdays left love mandy lane Mar 27, 08:17 13
- So if you get 10 sick days a year and a parent gets 10 sick days a year - amoxy Mar 27, 08:22 4
  - The point as I understand it being: there are more acceptable uses of that time for a married person with kids than a single person. - TFox Mar 27, 08:32 3
    - This is sorta where I fall. I really believe that society here needs to promote family growth, so I can accept this usage to a point. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 27, 08:36
    - say a single person actually gets sick and uses them all. is that unfair to healthy people? -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 08:34 1
      - technically? yeah. but that speaks more to why having a "sick days" benefit is inherently dicier than a PTO system. - TFox Mar 27, 08:38
- so people with kids might eat all their vacation time. therefore they're not allowed to have vactaions? -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 08:22 2
  - Isn't Vaction time objective and sick time subjective? -- nm - lileve Mar 27, 08:24 1
    - Vacation. -- nm - lileve Mar 27, 08:24
- it's not a vaccation to take care of a sick kid (well depending ofcourse) - Danedukenuuk Mar 27, 08:20 4
  - Well, technically, they don't have the right to more than one "family leave" type day per year according to Manitoba labour law, so no, they are not.. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 27, 08:23 3
    - So per Manitoba law, a parent gets one "Sick Kid" day - amoxy Mar 27, 08:24 2
      - Essentially. The law reads seven days per year for sick days thought, so we'll pretty run that one out. But here's the thing... - Name Withheld By Request Mar 27, 08:32 1
        
        Those that abuse the "leave" days makes it really difficult for those who don't to turn a blind eye. - Danedukenuuk Mar 27, 08:38

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