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H.R. 958, To amend title 5, United States Code, to make unused sick leave creditable, for purposes of the Federal Employees' Retirement System, in the same manner as provided for under the Civil Service Retirement System
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Ken Vaughn
February 13, 2009, 12:08pm (report abuse)This Bill should help in providing an incentive for people to NOT use their Sick Leave, needlessly. AA pays their people for NOT using their Sick Time. I'm sure that other airlines do the same thing.
Dan Pen
February 14, 2009, 12:00am (report abuse)Useless Bill, with 2000 hours of sick leave it would add only $10-15 a month towards retirement...it would take 50 years to equate the difference.
cmac
February 15, 2009, 8:56pm (report abuse)sick days...what a joke...if you are not at work you should not get payed...
Eloisa Rangel
February 18, 2009, 11:46pm (report abuse)If you earned it and don't burn it you should be compensated for it. Im for it.
Dick Beaman
June 2, 2009, 9:48am (report abuse)I have been preaching the fact that FERS employees will be enticed to use their unused sick leave rather than give it up for nothing at retirement. I have saved mine because I a lucky enough to be fairly healthy and have a good work ethic. But I can see why other FERS employees would use their sick leave for just about anything other than being sick because of the inequity of sick leave policy between FERS and CSRS.
GL
June 8, 2009, 5:47am (report abuse)I can tell you that in our workplace a FERS employee who conserves their sick leave is the object of ridicule and derision. Common remarks are "Why are you saving it"? "Call in sick once in a while"! "I'm using mine up"! "What are you saving it for"? "Your're not going to get anything for it". (I currently have over 2300 hrs of unused sick leave).
DJ
July 6, 2009, 2:27am (report abuse)The 'use or lose' crowd is precisely why government employees are viewed so poorly. If you are not sick, get your lazy butt to work and quit your government whining. I've been in government service 12 years now and have a very healthy s/l balance. The reason is I believe in a work ethic. Most government employees are simply on 'employed welfare' and have never had a work ethic and will never seek a work ethic.
JS
July 8, 2009, 2:28pm (report abuse)I as an employee with 40 years of continued employment don't understand the comments from such a long time employee such as DJ. With his 12 years of work, he believes he understands the mentality of all government employees - simply on employed welfare. Let's hope that he never has any complications during his career. One small operation and you can be out for two months - that's why we career employees save up our sick leave and that is why the benifit is provided. However, it would be nice to be treated with the same equity as those who retired on CSRS. It is not the use or lose crowd that gives government employees a bad name, it is illogical comments from individuals that are supposedly working for the government that give us a bad name. DJ is one of those!
CB
July 26, 2009, 12:12pm (report abuse)This Bill should be passed ASAP.
AR
August 13, 2009, 7:49pm (report abuse)For those of us who have been banking sick leave over the years, why shouldn't we be given small compensation for good behavior.
Jack Friedrich
August 23, 2009, 11:51pm (report abuse)This bill needs to be passed...now!
BMac
September 2, 2009, 4:36pm (report abuse)If the bill gets passed I'm going to tell my Doctor that I'll wait a few years for that double knee surgery that he wants me to have. Use it or lose it, give me a break, pass the bill.