I think more people should take it when they are sick! Nothing annoys me more than turning up and work and having a colleague coughing and spluttering all over the shop. I don't care if you have popped two codril and are 'soldiering on'. You are still contagious and I do not want it!
"Thank you for your purchases, and here, because you were lucky to come in today, have a free sample of Influenza"
I currently have over 200 hours accrued in sick leave from the first 5 years I worked at Telstra, and I haven't accrued any more since then when I've been on AWA (it's all manager's discretion). My father really taught me the value of sick leave - he had accrued over 5 months leave in his work at ATO, and when he had his pacemaker put in, and mum had a full hysto, he took it all off ... it was so less stress to know that they still had a full wage coming in during that time!!!!
I take mine when I need to - the only time this year I haven't gotten a certificate is when the midwife has said there's no point to see me cause they can't do anything, and to have bed rest. With my MI, my doc is more likely to over-prescribe time off than under - I often have to go back and get a certificate that I'm OK to work!
If you need time, you need time. When team managing I can tell how my team are travelling by the amount of sick leave. When they are happy, I'm sending them home. When they are unhappy, they're calling in with a stubbed toe. It's a good measure of work levels and team happiness.
Audax and Kazbah - you've hit the nail on the head I think! I hate taking sick time in this job, because I really do love it so much, the work and the environment, and I don't want to let them down. Whereas in my previous job, it didn't matter how much they cracked it at me for taking legitimate sick days - I felt undervalued and abused, so I wasn't going to give anything 'extra'.
Someone said their work has changed sick leave to personal leave - I love that idea! Sometimes you really do just need that day to just do nothing, or go out and grab a coffee with friends and see a movie. They should be called Sanity Days
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