Paid Sick Leave

Wow, that is a good question. It is a good thing I am not in the workforce anymore. I am a SAHM and prefer this much better.....well, for now at least. Until my twins are in school. Even then, I am sure that sick leave pay would come in handy. It would be a blessing when I have to go pick up one of my babies for any reason and that sick leave would probably be used for that purpose. Although, I am NOT a fan of my government doing anything, I mean, ANYTHING, to help me out. God gave me a brain to use and that is what I am doing at home, writing and doing what I have always loved. If it comes to taking a handout, forget it...I would rather not take anything from my state, California, or national government. Once they have you in their system, they will always have you. It is a vicious cycle.

I don't think that government should dictate business practices. People will naturally gravitate towards the businesses that have the best benefits. However, in the economy as it is now I don't think that argument holds much water.

I see nothing wrong with it, paid sick leave is needed when you are sick and you have a family to feed and no money coming in. I always had paid sick leave, some places one day a month some places maximum 5 days a year but I always had it when I was working, usually it kicked in after a year of service with the company.

What I think is no matter what they do, what laws get passed, there is a group that gets left out it seems. I think paid sick time is important, but if someone has a health problem, how much sick time would they use up? Why not just have universal health coverage, including long term coverage for sickness. I don't know how the details would work out, but I don't think it should fall entirely on the employer. It seems like it is so hard to come up with a plan even though this election may give us some hope. I wonder if prices will go up because of the new laws.

I have seen places with paid sick leave. I felt like it was more beneficial to the employee than the company. Though there may be some cases of discrimination due to sickness, both parties would be the winners.

For all government officials here in the Philippines, paid sick leave is a privilege (i guess most of the business entities gives such paid leave). We use it in case of emergencies so that we don't have to worry if our salaries have decreased because of our being absent. of course, it is always a requirement to have a healthy body before having a job. that is why we have medical examinations before we are actually hired, right? i think paid sick leave is one way of showing the management's concern to their employees. employees are part of the stakeholders of a company. and companies must heed to meet their stakeholders needs.