... because they finally recognized that some employees took "sick days" when they weren't really sick. But those same ones who took sick days for an unannounced vacation day would still get sick later in the year when they didn't have any sick days left. They were the ones who showed up at work sick, spreading their cold and flu germs around to the healthy employees.
It was finally recognized at my company that it was stupid to call them "sick" days. The term was changed to "personal" days and people were no longer forced to lie about taking a day off, when really their child needed something or their car wouldn't start, or whatever reason. Every employee got 5 days of paid leave for "personal" reasons. You didn't have to explain to your boss why you're taking off, it's just "personal."
By the end of the year, the employees who never used their "personal days" were reimbursed with extra pay for those unused days. It was really a better way to handle the entire issue. The employees who never got sick, who usually filled in for the ones who call off on short notice, got over their resentment when they received the extra pay.
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