Common use of Evidence Required for Sick Leave Usage Clause in Contracts

Evidence Required for Sick Leave Usage. The Employer shall require an employee to furnish a standard written and signed statement explaining the nature of the illness to justify the use of sick leave immediately upon return to work. If medical attention is required, the employee shall be required to furnish a statement from a licensed physician notifying the Employer that the employee was unable to perform his/her duties. Where sick leave is requested to care for a member of the immediate family, the Employer may require a physician's certificate to the effect that the presence of the employee is necessary to care for the ill person, or in the case of childbirth and other conditions relating thereto, during the post-natal period. Falsification of either a written, signed statement or a physician's certificate shall be grounds for disciplinary action.