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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
If mental health days are days to get a break away from work and clear your head, then what is the difference between mental health days and vacation days?
Also, I've noticed a double standard. If a public servant takes a "mental health day", it's condemned as "a lazy government worker slacking off again". But from when I've worked in the private sector there was the same level of abuse of sick leave for "mental health days" that was seen as "taking advantage of one the few benefits that the company gives the workers".
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I think it is a real fine line between just not wanting to go to work and needing a day to recover so that you are more effective. I'm don't think it is different between the public and private sector other than the public unions usually have negotiated a significant number more sick days so it can be abused without risk of needing the sick days later in the year.
As for the difference between a mental health day and vacation a vacation is your time to do what you want whereas a mental health day is to recover from work in order to make you more productive.