scrubbedexpat133

I meant within Canada in general, I do have excellent benefits.

scrubbedexpat091

I didn't even know there was a think as short term or long term disability one could get, learn something everyday.

Tirytory

That's what struck me too. I really dislike the attitude of I have sick days to use. If you're sick then having them is useful but I don't like the attitude of the above. I haven't been sick or had a sick day (when I was working) in well I can't remember. If the kids were sick I would take unpaid leave. Maybe it's because I was a nurse, you take a sick day when not needed and you know you have left your colleagues having to take an extra's persons workload. It's not good!

JamesM

5 paid sick days I've found to be the norm and most places happy to cover more with a doctors note.

One thing I will say as someone in the recruitment space is that the large enterprises during a salary negotiation will throw in 5 extra days versus extra money.

In the last 12 months 3 of the people I've placed into the back office of a Canadian bank got 20 days vacation no problem simply by asking for extra. I hope it is Canada starting to modernise a little....

neill

Correct. I guess the OP got upset about that.

Put it this way -- I wouldn't hire OP. Taking the original post at face value, OP would have to have be an extraordinary employee in some other way to get away with 10 sick days in year 1. I know where I've worked in the past, we would be looking to suggest OP finds another job.

BristolUK

I don't know how the OP responded earlier (deleted comment!) but that "I used to take roughly 10 days off annually on health grounds ... no questions asked" doesn't necessarily mean it was a sort of supplement to annual leave.

Like Tirytory I was in a job (not nursing) where a sick absence had a significant effect on those on duty. But it was nice to know it "was there" and that one could feel able to take the day off if under the weather. One day away was better than more than one by making yourself worse by going in, not to mention "spreading it" to others as is common when people heroically go in but shouldn't.

Juggernaut1064

I was asked for a doctors note even just taking a day, guessing the sick days here have been abused at some point ?
Only had two this year of my seven so not too bad.

Tirytory

I agree and the health system has gone the other way now, you virtually can't even be sick which is silly because it makes no sense to spread it around. However I know plenty of people who have very little work ethic and would see the paid sickness as an adjunct to their annual leave. Whether the op was one of them or not who knows, however his posts kind of point in that direction.

scrubbedexpat091

the few places I have worked that offered sick pay watched the use of them like a hawk. We got 5 per year and they would look for any kind of pattern, and had no issues asking for medical notes to confirm you were indeed ill.

Out of 5 years at that company, I had 2 years where sick leave was used, both times I was hospitalized with legitimate doctor notes for it.



In all my jobs if you call in sick your co-workers are screwed and someone has to work a double shift or on their day off, so feel too guilty to call in sick unless I am super sick, unfortunately others don't feel the same way about co-workers and have no issues calling in sick and screwing over their co-worker. None of the places in Canada have offered sick pay, so nobody was getting paid when called in sick.

SchnookoLoly

my job nominally has 6 paid sick days per year but even my boss admitted they don't track it unless they think you're abusing it. I think I took 3 last year and one this year.

Shirtback

I'm sorry to hear this, J.

I don't have time to do extensive research today, but this might be interesting to you as a starting point:
Short Term Illness and Injury Plan

Aviator

O lot of them pay out so little and for such a short time relative to the premiums though.

Juggernaut1064

I only claimed it once up to now in ten years, while recovering from an abdominal hernia op (couldn't prove it was work related so no WCB claim) Was told it paid 90% of earnings, Back then as a trucker i netted $1800 bi weekly, STD paid $1800 for eight weeks !!! Been told so many times someone screwed up my claim at that trucking outfit but i never got any more out of them.
Its not something that seems to pay a lot although where i am now i've been assured it does pay 90% as others have claimed it, only reason i asked is because i may be having another stent fitted soon and will likely claim.

scrubbedexpat091

Rethinking because we have PWD status in BC, we likely wouldn't benefit from any sort of insurance such as a private disability plan.