Call-in Procedures for Unscheduled Sick Leave Sample Clauses

Call-in Procedures for Unscheduled Sick Leave. Sick leave may be granted for legitimate medical reasons and must be approved in advance, where feasible. Sick leave is a privilege and will be approved when an Employee cannot perform his/her assigned duties and when the Employee notifies his/her supervisor within one (1) hour of scheduled starting time on each day of absence. When a full-time or part-time employee is absent from work due to illness or injury for three or more working days, or when a flexible employees is absent from work due to illness or injury for five or more scheduled working days, or for any duration of absence where the Employer provides evidence that it is necessary (for example, a documented pattern of leave abuse, a documentable instance of leave abuse, the Employee is on a letter of requirement, or when the requirement for medical documentation is requested in advance by the Employer during a period of a training exercise or emergency), the Employee shall be required to furnish the Employer with a medical certificate or other administratively acceptable evidence as to the reason for the absence. The Employee will submit a NAF Request for Leave form to the supervisor on the day he/she returns to work. Sick leave may not be paid when the notification and documentation requirements above are not met.