Number of sick days without cert?

[aircobra19]

...Since then anyone who has been out sick is now getting a sick note to cover them for a couple of days to a week. I think it has back fired on the co. ...

Problem with that is that you will use up your annual leave entitlement much faster, and you never know when you might actually might need it. I can see how it could backfire like you say. If you've two days most likely you'll stuggle back in on the third. Lots of stuff runs its course in 24/48 hrs. But most of the time you are stick its more than 1 day, and if you are going to have to pay for a cert and crawl out of the sick bed to spend a few hours in the docs waiting room....