Canada

It's the banking of sick days that I find offensive. Something that conveniently wasn't addressed by the PBO.

Further along in the report:
The PBO report used figures spanning three fiscal years, from 2009-2010 to 2011-2012. Over that period, sick leave in seven departments were steadily increasing, while only two – Health Canada and Statistics Canada – saw paid sick leave steadily decrease.


Everyone gets sick from time to time, that is unavoidable, it is abuses that are concerning to everyone, and so it should be. In 2013 there was a report put out by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation that suggested that the average Ontario government employee took 10.5 sick days in the calendar year of 2012; According to Statistics Canada, private sector employees took only 5.8 sick days.

Such a large discrepancy deserves an explanation.