31.   Instead, many employees end up with many unused sick days at the end of the year.

32.   Instead, they finagle ways to spend time with their newborns by piecing together vacation days here and there, sick days, accrued leave.

33.   Introducing some levity, and even generosity, into the work day, Weinstein says, helps reduce stress and cuts back on employee sick days.

34.   It saves employers money by reducing sick days, improves physical health, reduces doctor visits and reduces violence and abuse.

35.   It would also extract concessions from the unions to reduce overtime, extra pay for working nights and the number of sick days for new employees.

36.   It would bring no benefits, no vacation, no sick days and half her salary at Enron.

37.   Linda Heffern was taking a sick day when a co-worker called her at home to find out how she felt.

38.   Magazines are made for sick days.

39.   Many others cleared their desks and said their goodbyes days or weeks ago, choosing to run out the clock using vacation time or unused sick days.

40.   New hires will be allocated only five days initially but can get another four sick days over the life of the contract.