>You mean that if you don't use up your sick allowance you can legally take these days off as holiday?

I don't see why not ... they haven't yelled at me yet, so either they haven't caught it yet (which wouldn't surprise me) or it's ok.

>I've also often heard on US TV (esp. cop progs) where a guy suddenly dons-tools and says "I'm taking a 'personal day'" - presumably days that are set aside for personal and family crises?

I don't know if we have "personal days" or not, but we can take un-paid days off I think. But, if I can get away with using sick days for vacation and going in the hole on my vacation time, then I'm not gonna take any un-paid days off. Besides, there are plenty of times when I work longer than 8-hour days ... I don't feel guilty when I take an extra day or two off here and there. <g>

~~Bonnie




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>>I'm *supposed* to get only 2 weeks, but we can carry over a lot too. I had carried over *some* from last year (about a week) and I *still* got to take 6 weeks off!!! I used a lot of sick time to make up the difference (because I *never* get sick enough to take those days for real), and now I'm in the hole for only about 4 vacation days. They let you get behind for a week I think. Anyway, it worked out great!
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>>~~Bonnie
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>>>>There is just something wrong with the idea of a 3 week vacation anyway. Who gets 3 weeks? How do you get 3 weeks all at one time??? And look what happens when you take a 3 week vacation! Your head gets bigger!! :o) *G*
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>>>When you're an American and only get, what? - 2 weeks a year it must sound outlandish. I actually get 6 weeks a year - I've yused 1 for my scuba diving trip to Egypt. Usually I only take 2 in the summer and eke out the remaing in the odd days between summer and Xmas. But this year, esp. as my boss took 3 weeks, I thought, Hell, I'm going to enjoy the extra week in the sun, instead of miserable rainy days in Oct/Nov. Pity it was the week the weather broke! :-)
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>>>"... Your head gets bigger!! " - I presume you mean the photo! :-)
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>>>'bout time we had an update of yours, isn't it? :-)