Leisure and illness leave: estimating benefits in combination.

The article focuses on issues related to leisure and illness leave of absence including leave combinations, defintions of types of paid leave and disability benefits. The combination of paid-leave benefits for attending to illness or injury is considered illness leave while combination of paid-leave...

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Publicado en:Monthly Labor Review Vol. 132; no. 2; pp. 28 - 35
Autores principales: Iris S., Diaz, Wallick, Richard
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: US Department of Labor Feb2009
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Sumario:The article focuses on issues related to leisure and illness leave of absence including leave combinations, defintions of types of paid leave and disability benefits. The combination of paid-leave benefits for attending to illness or injury is considered illness leave while combination of paid-leave benefits for pursuing leisure is considered leisure leave. Sick leave benefits provide paid time off when an employee cannot work due to illness or injury while vacations are time off from work to provide extended rest and personal leave allows an employee to be paid while absent from work while not covered by other leave plans. Disability benefit plans are viewed by employers as complementary to other forms of illness coverage.