EU court: Workers sick on leave can get extra time off

[dipsydoodle]

Source: BBC News

Workers who fall sick during their annual leave are entitled to take corresponding paid leave at a later date, the EU's top court has ruled.

The European Court of Justice ruling is legally binding throughout the EU.

Thursday's ruling was prompted by a Spanish trade union case against a group of department stores.

"The right to paid annual leave cannot be interpreted restrictively," the court says. The UK does not have an opt-out in this area of EU labour law.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18534028

[1monster]

1. That's nice. My husband, twice, had to use all of his vacation time, saved

up for years, for two heart surgeries and recoveries. No sick time.

[clang1]

2. EU court: Workers sick on leave can get extra time off

Yep yep yep. Meanwhile people here grovel for 8 dollars an hour and zero holiday.

[Occulus]

3. And those who HAVE sick leave get punished for using it "too much".

If sick leave is an earned benefit over time- as it is for me and all other career USPS employees- how can managers legally punish us for using it at all, much less for using it "too much" or "too often"?

That's like punishing someone for spending money in the bank (and in fact postal propaganda has referred to it as exactly that in the past).

[Skittles]

4. sick leave? what's that?