The New “What did you do with your Z today” (with off topic replies) XXXVII

Originally Posted by Ghostvette

I guess labor laws are different in Illinois & PA. If I get sent home here, I only get paid for the time I work, if it's over 15 minutes, unless I use PTO. I don't have any dedicated 'sick time', it's all PTO.

By the same token, if I don't feel well, I don't even bother going to work. I just call the boss & let him know I'm not coming in. The biggest problem with our labor system is 'positional leaders' that threaten people with losing their job if they don't show up for work when they don't feel good. I've had to work for people like that since I left the military and I've had to tell everyone of them, 'Fine, fire me. I'll get a lawyer and I'll have your job'. That tends to end that silliness.

Originally Posted by JLarson

Being threatened with being fired for sick time is a huge problem. Even as someone who has taken 1 day of sick time in the last 9 years, I'm not a fan of that behavior from a company. People get sick, especially people with small disease-laden penises children.

Originally Posted by Rusty