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Originally Posted by Bill14564
Mathematically, that is correct but it is a fantasy.
1. The person who has used zero sick leave in 20 years is not about to use it all at once.
2. No manager would allow their employee to be on sick leave for that long without medical documentation. (Yes, I have seen Fed employees fired for abuse of sick leave)
As far as Fed employees working hard, you apparently don't have a clue. Every place has its slackers but I personally know Fed employees who regularly worked uncompensated hours and others who gave away their annual leave rather than taking it. It is usually (not always) illegal to not pay a Fed employee for all the hours they work but it is also illegal to pay them 40 hours if they worked less - it goes both ways.
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Definitely not a fantasy. My experience was quite different. In my experience, it would have been almost impossible to fire a Federal employee for abusing sick leave. Typically, an employee can use sick leave by just calling into the office and not showing up. No documentation is needed. If that is the policy, then you cannot single out anyone and fire them.
Employees who don't do any work are not necessarily slackers. Some agencies have so much funding that they hire way more employees than they need. And, they will never return money that they don't need. The problem is that, without a profit motive, it is impossible to measure or control the efficiency of a Government office.