Sick Days: Treasury Board Minister Tony Clement

Treasury Board Minister Tony Clement: Clement said he's proposing a format that would include five to seven sick days a year, a short term disability leave of a week to six months and long term leave for more than six months. The changes would also eliminate bankable sick days, he said, according to CTV. " The 40-year-old sick leave system we have now really does not appropriately highlight some of the other factors that are now acknowledged, like mental health issues... whereas 40 years ago they might have been stigmatized," said Clement in an interview, adding that mental illness currently accounts for nearly half of all sick leave and - Treasury Board Minister Tony Clement says changes he has in mind for changing sick leave policy for public servants would tackle shortcomings with the outdated current setup such as addressing long term health issues like mental illness. Speaking at a provincial Progressive Conservative conference in Nova Scotia, Clement said the proposed changes are fair and would do more to address things like mental illness than the current system does. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.