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  • Employers anxious about sick-time cheats should provide limits and supervision, not eliminate benefits.

    David Orr: Give School Janitors Paid Sick Days 2009

  • If these germs are transmitted to students -- forcing a parent to stay home as a caregiver -- the consequences of an ill-conceived sick-time policy can infect our schools, our families and our own workplaces.

    David Orr: Give School Janitors Paid Sick Days 2009

  • Only a handful of states - Alaska and Kentucky among them - offer no sick-time conversion for government retirees.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Arizona spent at least $10 million a year for the last three years on its retirement accumulated sick-time benefit.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Utah and a few other states allow retirees to apply sick-time credit toward health-care expenses.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Former Bemidji State University Jon Quistgaard, who simultaneously headed Northwest Technical College, received $126,509 in unused sick-time money.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • More than 4,300 departing Florida employees who retired or otherwise left state service last fiscal year averaged about $3,000 in sick-time payments.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Keith was still a little ill from his sick-time in Morocco, so our pub night was cut a little short; however, we got to go to some interesting pubs.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream? ? Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • He noted the county also won significant concessions from the union, including a pay freeze for 2010 and a cap on sick-time sellback.

    CourierPostOnline.com - News 2010

  • However, do not ask questions that are simply about benefits, money, sick-time and vacation.

    EzineArticles 2010

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