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[blamebrampton]

The following poll will be very helpful in sorting some ideas. If you are in paid work and have a minute or two spare, it would be lovely to hear from you![Poll #1401151][Poll #1401151]

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[goddessriss.livejournal.com]

RE: the sick days question - I assume you mean paid sick leave? Of which I get 6 months full pay, 6 months half-pay. Actually taking any? About 3 days a year unless something drastic happens. I get 25 days paid holiday per year, plus paid bank holidays. Maternity pay (bearing in mind it's been 6 years since I had need of it) was correct as of the last time I reviewed my contract, which would be about 9 months ago. I am entitled to bereavement and family leave, paid, and also an unpaid career break of up to 5 years. If I was over 60, I would be entitled to 3 months unpaid 'Benidorm' leave if I so desired.

I'm reading this through and realising that yes, working for a Mutual company does have its benefits. Even if the insurance is mostly boring. *thanks lucky stars*

[gabe-speaks.livejournal.com]

Yeah, like sick time for me is . . . well, difficult to assess. You get 5.5 hour of accrued PTO [paid time off] each pay period. There's 26 2-week paid periods, so if I didn't use any the whole year, I could feasibly have 143 hours of PTO, which would be nearly a month off of work.

That's different from how it used to be over here where you were given oh so much sick time right off the bat, and then you had personal/vacation time, which you accrued and were awarded after, say, a year's time.

[I remember my mom had worked for a company for 20 years before she had used any sick time, and by the time she started to use it, she had damn near 8 months of sick time at her disposal.]

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Are you paid out sick leave when you leave the company? And I love the accrual system for it; it's so sensible given that most middle-aged people will have one significant health issue or another at some point, they should benefit from previous good health!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Yes, and thank you! And while I am sorry that you're bored at work, I am thrilled to hear they are taking care of you, this is a very good thing and there should be more of it!