  Sick and personal leave  Updated: 4/13/2007 6:36 pm One of the
most well-known benefits that employers often offer to their
employees is sick and personal leave. Sick leave, or taking time
off due to an illness or injury, can be very valuable like other
time-off benefits, especially when combined with certain
disability insurance benefits. However, most businesses that
offer a sick leave plan establish a limit on the amount of time
for which you can be compensated. For example, the number of
sick days you're allowed can be based upon the length of your
service or be based on a fixed, predetermined amount, such as
ten days each calendar year. Though paid sick leave benefits
aren't required by law, you may be legally entitled to unpaid
sick leave under federal or state family and medical leave laws.
Another time-off benefit that employers can offer is personal
leave. Personal leave is generally offered to employees to cover
situations that aren't included in sick leave, bereavement, or
other time-off policies