http://vacationtimeoff.com/what-is-a-reasonable-vacationsick-day-policy-for-a-business-owner/ If you are searching for vacation time off, you Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:57:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://vacationtimeoff.com/what-is-a-reasonable-vacationsick-day-policy-for-a-business-owner/comment-page-1/#comment-34 scrmptious1 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:44:23 +0000 http://vacationtimeoff.com/what-is-a-reasonable-vacationsick-day-policy-for-a-business-owner/#comment-34 Where I work, I earn so many sick hours per month. I work forty hours a week and am granted ten hours a month in sick leave. Sick days are not considered vacation days. Vacation days should be taken on a scheduled, optional basis. Sick days should be used when one is ACTUALLY sick or for a scheduled doctor's appointment. If I am out sick for more than three days, I need a doctor's note. But there is no explanation needed to take my vacation time. I also accrue ten hours of vacation time a month. That is actually quite a bit because it works out that I get three weeks a year. So if you want to grant two weeks of vacation a year you'll have to have your employees accrue approximately seven hours a month for them to obtain a two week vacation at forty hours a week. Where I work, I earn so many sick hours per month. I work forty hours a week and am granted ten hours a month in sick leave. Sick days are not considered vacation days. Vacation days should be taken on a scheduled, optional basis. Sick days should be used when one is ACTUALLY sick or for a scheduled doctor’s appointment. If I am out sick for more than three days, I need a doctor’s note. But there is no explanation needed to take my vacation time.
I also accrue ten hours of vacation time a month. That is actually quite a bit because it works out that I get three weeks a year. So if you want to grant two weeks of vacation a year you’ll have to have your employees accrue approximately seven hours a month for them to obtain a two week vacation at forty hours a week.

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