[Signalman]

That equates to almost 18 days/year. That’s a lot of sick days.

[freedumb2003]

>>That equates to almost 18 days/year. That’s a lot of sick days.<<

I am not a big supporter of teachers (or any) unions, but 18 days a year of PTO (they combine sic/vacation) isn’t totally out of range and pretty well matches what middle management gets in Corporate America (I get 5 weeks a year and have for the last 30 years in each of my various jobs).

And State Laws are structured that if you don’t use it you lose it or you get a payout (this looks like a payout state) to keep the outstanding liability manageable.

There is a lot to dislike about some of the apparent issues on this union contract, but the headline sensationalizes by taking 2 reasonable numbers to come up with a BIG number.

[joelt]

The Fortune 100 company I work for would fire them for attendance. unless it is a disability thing. 18 sick days for sniffles? This is how we refer to those that call in. “Bill called in; he has an eye problem,,,,,,,couldn’t see coming in.”

[Secret Agent Man]

Yes, and that equates to 10% of the number of school days they should have been teaching but missed.

[ConservaTexan]

That equates to almost 18 days/year. That’s a lot of sick days.

Especially when you consider they work 9 months out of the year with a week off at Christmas and a week off for Spring Break - not to mention the numerous holidays/off days during the school year. I figure they work about 7 1/2 months for a years pay.

[af_vet_rr]

That equates to almost 18 days/year. That’s a lot of sick days.

It's not just sick days, it's personal leave days as well. Unless you are swimming the shallow end of the gene pool and have some crappy low-income job, most people have around that much off in a year in paid leave - sick leave, personal leave, optional holidays, etc.

They didn't mention maternity leave which might distort the numbers, since a lot of school districts allow women several weeks off.

I've never understood the whole maternity leave thing with any job or industry. If you want to have a kid, why should you get special benefits that everybody else doesn't get? I understand employers offering maternity leave to make jobs more attractive, but these days it's almost 100% required it seems.

[no dems]

That equates to almost 18 days/year. That’s a lot of sick days.
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For a 9 months school year, that’s 2 days a month. Actually, that’s not too bad considering some probably took off a lot of days for maternity leave, etc. Trust me, for inner city school teachers, 2 days a month is not bad. Federal Civil Service employees get 30 days a year (2.5 days per month.)

[RicocheT]

Workers in private employment who consistently take 18 days a year of sick leave would be fired. Public employees have had been pampered to the point of absurdity. WI Gov. Walker saw the scam was bankrupting our state and got Act 10 passed to curb some of these abuses.