Theoretically, yes. Realistically, if anyone tried, there would be a long line of people wanting to talk with that person that tried to deny sick leave, and the first ones in line would be HR.

Vacation is more likely to be denied, but I’ve never had it happen and have never denied any myself.

That’s called a death panel. We shouldn’t have those, and insurance companies DEFINITELY shouldn’t have those.

Yep. Public sector is where it’s at, from an American point of view. Still shit compared to Europe, but for US? It’s fucking great.

I earn 180 hours/year (four and a half weeks/year) in vacation, can carry 250 hours of vacation (6 weeks and 1 day) over to the next year, and I get 3 weeks paid sick leave/year with infinite carryover. Finally, 11 holidays.

I’ve also never had a vacation or sick leave day denied, but that’s more because of the people I work with, not the company policy.

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