My company allows 26 weeks of paid sick leave.  Your years of service with the company determine how much is paid at 100% or 70% of your base salary.  I have 9 years, so I get 12 weeks at 100% and 14 weeks at 70%.

All of our time is recorded using a desktop software, including sick time, dependent care (40 hrs per year for immediate family), vacation, holidays, FMLA, overtime.

Even though the company has this policy, they allow Managers/Directors to dictate additional requirements.  Such as, my boss is the Controller over the Accounting Department (100+ employees), her pet peeve is sick time, so with HR's approval she has required that once an employee has more than 4 sick days, they are required to provide a drs. receipt for any sick day after the 4th instance.  I think it is a bit much, but she is the boss.

I am grateful to know that the 26 weeks are there incase (heaven forbid) they are needed for a serious illness.  That doesn't count the additional long/short term disability we can elect with our benefit packages each year.

nolalady