Common use of Application for Use of Sick Leave Clause in Contracts

Application for Use of Sick Leave. a. The employee must notify their direct supervisor that he/she is ill at the first reasonable opportunity. b. Employees absent from work for a period of three (3) days or more because of illness, injury, or quarantine or for non-emergency medical, dental, or optical care shall be paid only upon furnishing their direct supervisor with satisfactory proof as may be required by the supervisor, that absence was due to such cause. Such request by the supervisor shall be made within three (3) days of the employee’s return to work and shall be supplied by employee within one (1) week of request. c. If the supervisor has a concern over the legitimacy of the employee’s request to use sick leave, the supervisor may request satisfactory proof at any time for the purpose of authorizing the legitimate use of sick leave. d. If a Doctor’s statement is required, and the employee does not submit it to the supervisor within one (1) week after being requested to do so, the employee shall not receive pay for the period in question.