Evanston City Workers Took 21% More Sick Leave in 2012

Evanston city employees took more paid sick leave in 2012 than in 2011, taking an average of 3.84 hours per month or about 21 percent more from 2011, when workers took an average of 3.17 hours of sick leave, Evanston Now reported. 

The City of Evanston’s police, fire and parks departments, the largest departments, saw the biggest percentage increase in terms of paid sick leave time, while some smaller departments showed modest decreases, according to city manager Wally Bobkiewicz. 

Nationally, state and local government workers took an average of 3.6 hours of paid sick leave per month, based on a 2010 report by the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, the New York Times reported. 

Even with the increase in Evanston city workers taking sick leave, they are still taking less time off than Cook County government workers, who took 6.64 hours of paid sick leave a month in the fiscal year that ended Nov. 30, 2011, New York Times reported. 

How many paid sick days do you take off per month?