Common use of Substantiation of Family Illness and Injury Clause in Contracts

Substantiation of Family Illness and Injury. Whenever an employee uses a day of his/her sick leave allowance for absence from work due to an illness or accident to a member of his/her immediate family, no physician’s statement substantiating the illness or injury will be required by the Superintendent of Schools on the first day of such absence. Whenever such absence involves two (2) or more consecutive days, the Superintendent of Schools may require a physician’s statement substantiating an employee’s claim for leave due to the illness or injury of a member of the employee’s immediate family. If such physician’s statement is not submitted to the Superintendent of Schools upon request, the payment for all days of absence beyond the first day will be forfeited.