I've read your report , and I'm not sure I agree with you.You think you can get attendance improved by requiring salaried employees to take their all of their sick days ?   That's right . I know it must sound crazy to you , but we believe there will be fewer absences this way .   We give them 10 or 15 sick days per year . Surely requiring people to take them couldn't possibly help . It sounds like a counter - productive policy change to me .   Right now , we have incentives encouraging employees to come to work as often as possible.But employees with colds and the flu are coming to work and infecting their colleagues .   I see . So our current policies are encouraging sick people to come to work , resulting in more sick employees . 