[Question_Assumptions]

My current employer would rather that I call in sick (which I rarely do) than come in sick and get everyone else sick. It's a small company. The company I used to work for had an even more sensible policy. They simply rolled all time off -- vacation, personal, sick, and floating holidays -- into a single paid time off category. Take lots of sick days? You have less vacation days. Aren't sick very often? As a bonus, you get more vacation days. The only silly part about it was that it was "use it or lose it" which created a rush to take time off at the end of the year. Other than that, I think it was the most sensible policy I've seen.

[GreenLanternCorps]

I had a similar system at an old employer of mine, I got two weeks of vaction and one week of "personal days" Personal days could be used to call in sick if you were sick, or you could use them by scheduling time off ahead of time for a "mental health day" or other reason.

It worked well, people only called in sick if they really were sick.

[thackney]

I had that once, with a little better. Time off was accumulated based upon a percentage of time worked, maybe 7.5%. If you worked overtime, you got more time off. And when you accumulated too much time (like 160 hrs) they would buy you down to 80 at your hourly rate.