What is your excuse to use personal leave?
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What's personal leave? 
What's personal leave?
I think it's the leave you get where you need a reason (ie not annual leave) and varies by award. eg - sick, caring, bereavement, etc.
The sickie an Australian way of life, endorsed by a PM!
What's personal leave?
Something that can be taken on a permament basis 10 years from now
I am self employed, my boss never gives me any time off
Or maybe, if you are a boss, what are the excuses that you get from your employees when they try to use their personal leave?
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In the three years I've worked for my employer I have taken a total of two days off (16 hrs) - my 'excuse' was that I was sick with the flu... because I was sick with the flu. Doc's cert was provided. Lucky for me I hardly ever get sick.
Despite the many threads/posts to the contrary on this site, there actually are some of us employees out there who are not bludging 'takers' and have pride, not only in ourselves, but the businesses/organisations we work for.
Despite the many threads/posts to the contrary on this site, there actually are some of us employees out there who are not bludging 'takers' and have pride, not only in ourselves, but the businesses/organisations we work for.
The only time i've had off bar holidays pre-2014 was to attend a family members funeral.
This year though took 2 weeks stress leave due to work wanting me to do the work of 3 people.
Even then,i still had phone calls,asking if i could do a few hours.Even wanted me to attend a meeting.
Things didn't improve work wise,they tried the trump card,so i went on work cover.
Holidays i have to book 12months in advance and that's 2weeks including PH's.
A few weeks ago i took a day off to help a mate move,gave them a days notice to find a replacement and was still called up to see if i could do few hours
They also tried to over load me again with work only last week,state manager fixed things
When you need some "me" time
Me time is when i pay my respects to the porcelain throne.
I never use personal leave for anything other than actually being sick. Unfortunately I seem to catch every bug going around so I do use it a lot
I daresay most people on this forum fit this criteria. There is a certain level of respect/dedication/understanding/appreciation. Its not the company thats being screwed over when a person chucks a sickie, but rather your colleagues and the end customer.
Best to go to another forum if you're after an excuse to pull one over your boss.
Yep - I don't want my whole team getting sick. One of the interesting things about my mob is that they are so dedicated that unless they can't crawl out of bed, they front up!
The Y-man
I was given a speech when I started with my current employer that employees who never take sick days are a risk because they attend work sick. Risking other workers lives with their incapacitated state to perform their duties. Even had to sign that if I was sick, fatigued, under the influence of d or a I would not attend work. So if your sick stay home. And for those people who spruik that they never have sick days, your not awesome your risking other people's lives.
Admittedly I was that person a couple of times but soon realised I was doing myself more harm than good as I also learnt a day of bed rest would do me the world of good and I would recover a lot quicker.
Another thing of my old employer is if your Dr's cert had XX date on it and you came back before then they would send you home until that date had passed.
What's personal leave?
Lol.
Would you have it any other way though? I wouldn't.
Cheers
Jamie
