Sounds not unlike our sick policy (NHS hospital trust), but even tighter. Hopefully occupational health will be on your side, especially regarding the foot injury. I'm now well over our sickness "targets" but the occy health doctor has told me to ignore it. I broke my leg back in October last year and ended up with an external fixator on it in December. Instead of sitting on my arse at home I came back to work doing reduced hours. Again the policy says your only supposed to do this for 5 weeks (the fixator has been on for 4 months!). I'm probably also upping my risk of MRSA being in the hospital but I'd rather do at least some work. The occy health doctor doesn't seem to think much of the sickness policy, hopefully yours will be the same.