Glad you're feeling better, but the problem with the time off sounds deeply annoying.
Sick leave doesn't work like that in the UK - it's totally independent from "annual leave", and most people who work fulltime get around 25 days of that (so five working weeks). On the other hand I don't think we have as many public holidays (and when we do, companies are allowed to ignore them if they want), but it still seems as though there's no comparison between the systems. In addition, my work has "special leave" for if you need to take care of dependents, which is pretty good from my point of view.
I suppose our system is open to abuse, but it does seem fairer.
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Sick leave doesn't work like that in the UK - it's totally independent from "annual leave", and most people who work fulltime get around 25 days of that (so five working weeks). On the other hand I don't think we have as many public holidays (and when we do, companies are allowed to ignore them if they want), but it still seems as though there's no comparison between the systems. In addition, my work has "special leave" for if you need to take care of dependents, which is pretty good from my point of view.
I suppose our system is open to abuse, but it does seem fairer.