Originally Posted by
Denny Crane
To compare apples to apples one needs to consider inflation over the same period of time. Yes we reach the rates by 2018 but as ha been pointed out before, a dollar today doesn't buy what a dollar did in 2004.
On another note Professor, if you are only trying to verify a illness and the company doesn't agree with your Dr and wants you to release your medical records (14.G.1/2), why do they need access to consecutive days before and after? How many days are we talking about? The company's only concern should be the work days you were sick, not anything else...
Denny
I agree with Denny.......
I think it's great that we no longer have to call in well, but how are days off between two or more sick calls "lost days"?
Also, why does State Sick count against me and my sick history (yes I know it's in the current contract that way). On 1 June 15 I had to call in State Sick to take care of my wife post surgery. I've now used 13 of 15 of my days (according to DALPA Contract Admin).
The whole sick thing is just way too cumbersome.......what's the old saying, "keep it simple stupid".
AT NWA we built time from month to month. The big debate was, is sick leave a benefit or an insurance policy. Not much has changed, but now the company calls guys who consider it a benefit to be used "abusers".
Ferd
PS.......At one time I had 5 years straight perfect attendance and I carried a ton of time into the merger. Except for last year with 90 something hours I've used around 50ish per year since the merger. I'm not an abuser trying to keep my scam going
