Gothamist: Faking Sick Days To Go To Your Mom's Sentencing

amandabee

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:33:53 -0500

(as if everyone hasn't taken a sick day when they weren't actually sick.) I haven't either. And I've never had a job where I'd get payout for my sick days if I didn't use them.

Still Not Amused

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:30:51 -0500

Well wouldn't that be a reason for "Personal Days" ? I mean come on, She went to see her mother's sentencing !!!! I know it was the wrong thing to do and all but look at this for what it was and not because she broke a rule . What about those teachers that use sick days to go on cruises with friends ? That in my opinion would be something that they might want to severely curb !

matukonyc

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:11:24 -0500

Perhaps Ms. Stewart did not want it publicly known who her mother is, or perhaps like many of us, felt that she had to lie to justify taking a day off for what is actually a very good reason. Try telling some bosses that your grandmother died and you need two weeks off. Now, my grandmother raised me, so I would certainly need that time, but I would also probably lie and say that my mother died.

bklynd

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:53:37 -0500

Nah, fibbing is one thing, but submitting fake documentation is bullshit. This is a strange story, though, since it involves her mother's trial. Certainly it wouldn't make the news if she were some random schlub.

WT Economist

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:49:53 -0500

(as if everyone hasn't taken a sick day when they weren't actually sick.) I haven't. City employees with more than 10 years of service are generally paid 1/2 the value of their accumulated sick leave when they leave city service. (Change agencies and you can sometimes lose out). They receive 12 sick days in addition to starting with 20 paid vacation days. Every now and then, someone gets the bright idea of taking away the 1/2 value of paid sick days. Which would further reduce the compensation of public employees who do their job, versus those who do not, adding injury to insult.

mm

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:31:48 -0500

as if everyone hasn't taken a sick day when they weren't actually sick. isn't the nyc public school system desperate for teachers? the threat of punishment for one who happened to get caught doing what everyone else does seems extreme.

matukonyc

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:12:27 -0500

In the white-collar world, is one really expected to be sick when one takes a sick day?