12. These are called Granted Time Off. You can use them for whatever: sick days, funeral, whatever you want. Unused days are carried over from one year to the next and you can accumulate up to 25 days off. If you leave the company, unused time is not compensated.
This time is in addition to Accrued Time Off (vacation time), I get ten days vacation time each year. I can accrue up to 30 days. If i leave the company, I am compensated for unused time.
Hence, I view Granted Time Off as extra vacation days. I always use this first before using Accrued Time. I currently have about 16 vacation days and about 8 days of granted time off.
We used to get 3 personal days until last year. Not sure what precipitated the change, but will enjoy it while I can. Who knows when they will change it?
Because both of my jobs involve working around a school schedule, I take days around holidays. For instance, we get Thanksgiving and the Friday afterwards off as a paid holiday. I could take Mon-Wed off before Thanksgiving, have nine days off counting the weekends, and only burn 3 days vacation/granted time off. A great perk!