Know the laws for your state. Most of the states in the union are fucked, but some at least have something on the books.

https://www.patriotsoftware.com/blog/payroll/state-mandated-paid-sick-leave-laws/

Also, remember that paid sick leave is different from paid vacation. In many states, unused paid vacation must be paid upon termination, many times regardless of the reason for the termination. Unfortunately, my state is absolute trash and does not provide any protections for workers' rights or hold employers accountable for a damn thing. Hope this helps someone else though.

https://ask.legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.info/cc-nto-vacation-rolling-pl

We finally found out what they think WSJ stands for: "Work Sick Jabroni"
I'm more towards "Wake-up Silly Jackass"

Employees are not incentivised to take sick days. Taking a sick day means losing out on pay. They don't want to do it, they feel the need to do it so that they can recover from genuine illness and perform at their best.

If employees are getting sick at too high of a rate, then employers need to look at the workplace environment they're providing.

People being put on PIPs or straight up fired because they used sick leave for a few days and proved it with a doctors note is wild.

has boingboing gone down the pipe?