Help with fair employee time off practices

[Guest bbarnthouse]

We are a small business and have always maintained an employee handbook. However I am not sure we are addressing every important employee policy. I am interested in finding info on some standard practices and procedures especially dealing with time off, paid and unpaid. I am not sure where to turn for accurate and legal advice that a small business owner can afford. I want to provide my employees with a fair policy, however I can not afford to pay for too much time off. we have always provided a fair amount of vacation time and are usually flexible with emergency situations, we alos provide for paid sick time off in our policy, I think that most people look at this as extra vacation time, which we cannot afford. Any help would be appreciated.