Requests for Sick Leave. When the employee’s need to use sick leave is foreseeable (for example, prescheduled appointments), the employee must provide reasonable advance notice to their immediate supervisor of the need to use sick leave and its probable duration, if known. In all other situations, an employee who must be absent from work shall personally (if able) notify their immediate supervisor as soon as reasonably possible, and no later than the employee’s scheduled start time.
Requests for Sick Leave. A. Request for use of sick leave for physician, dentist, or optometrist appointments shall be made to the Employer in advance. Request for sick leave in all other cases shall be made in advance whenever it is possible. For morning assignments, notifications must be made starting at 6:00 AM and no later than 6:20 AM. For afternoon assignments, notifications must be made no later than 12:45 PM and time should be adjusted for early dismissals of the employee’s workday.
Requests for Sick Leave. The employee shall furnish the Employer a request to justify the use of sick leave. The payment of sick leave is contingent upon the approval of such request by the Employer. The nature of the cause of sick leave request must be explained by the employee. If an employee is expected to be absent for more than three (3) consecutive business days (on either paid sick leave or unpaid leave of absence due to illness) the employee shall submit a written statement from their medical practitioner for the leave request to be considered. The required statement shall give the reason for the anticipated absence and the expected date of return to work of the employee.
