I read through this and I can't believe how employers treat some of their employees in regards to sick time. I am extremely lucky to work at such a forgiving place. Sick? Take a day. Kid is sick? Take a day. Doctor's/Dentist/Optometrist or other medical appointment? Take how many hours needed. Same thing for your kids. Couldn't sleep last night due to kids/stress? Take a day or half day if that's all you need. In general, people don't abuse the system if you give them the freedom and privileges. If somebody does try to abuse it, well that is an issue with their manager, the CEO and that person.
My wife used to have the same flexibility but somebody abused the system so everybody lost the flexibility. My wife is no longer allowed to take a sick day for kids. Fortunately our babysitters are our parents so they don't mind looking after a sick kid but times do happen where my wife prefers to be the one staying home with the sick kid, and she can't or has to lie to get the day. So I'm the one who has to take the kids to appointments.
Life happens and employers need to recognize that. I once worked at a place that didn't care about the employees too much. A person called in sick and got fired for skipping work because somebody saw them walking at a strip mall. All they saw was the person in question walking and reported her. As it turns out the person was going from the doctors office to the pharmacy. They reversed that decision but then fired her because she refused to show up and work for a company that acted like that.
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