Sick Leave Verification. The Employer will not require verification for absences of less than 3 consecutive work days. Such verification or proof may be given to the supervisor/manager or Human Resources according to departmental policy. The Employer will not make unreasonable requests for sick leave verification.
Sick Leave Verification. All bargaining unit members must submit the absence electronically using the absence reporting system. If the member was attended by a physician, the Board may require the physician's name, address, and dates attended.
Sick Leave Verification. Employees absent from work because of illness, injury, or quarantine, or for non-emergency medical, dental or optical care shall be paid only upon furnishing the appointing authority or designee with satisfactory proof as may be required by the appointing authority or designee that the absence was due to such cause. The requirement, need and form for such verification shall be made known to the employee in advance of any absence, but no later than the time the employee calls in sick, provided that the employee has complied with departmental call-in procedures. An appointing authority shall not require "after the fact" verification. If verification is requested, the requirement and the need for medical verification shall be confirmed to the employee in writing within two weeks after the employee’s return, explaining the justification for the request.
Sick Leave Verification. Departments shall notify and receive approval from the Citywide Leave Administrator in the Department of Human Resources prior to placing employees on sick leave verification to ensure compliance with appropriate laws and policies. Employees placed on sick leave verification may request to be removed after three (3) months, or earlier based upon appropriate City policy. If it is determined by the Citywide Leave Administrator in the Department of Human Resources that the employee is in compliance with the policy, the employee shall be removed from sick leave verification. If the employee is not in compliance, the employee may request to be removed on a monthly basis thereafter.
Sick Leave Verification. 1. An acceptable “medical verification” for sick leave use is a document signed or email transmission/other electronic verification which includes a digital signature by a United States Licensed Physician, nurse practitioner, or other health care specialist/professional, competent within their scope of practice to make a medical evaluation on the employee’s alleged/stated illness, injury or medical incapacity, and such person is making the evaluation while on duty in their respective employment relationship within a health care facility or medical practice. Unless requested at the time of approval, prescheduled and approved medical/dental appointments/treatments do not require medical verification. Electronic verification must be on the provider’s official letterhead.
Sick Leave Verification. The Employer will not require verification for absences of three
Sick Leave Verification. All sick leave must be approved by the supervisor. Approval may be withheld pending certification of the attending physician or practitioner or other acceptable verification that such illness or injury prevents the employee from working or his/her attendance is necessary to care of an ill or injured immediate family member under the following conditions:
Sick Leave Verification. At least one (1) hour before starting his/her shift, a member on sick leave shall inform the on-duty supervisor of the fact, except in the case of provable inability to make a telephone call. Except in cases of suspected abuse, a member will not be routinely required to furnish upon returning to duty a physician’s certificate evidencing that the absence was for one of the reasons set forth in Section 2 above, for absences of two (2) consecutive days or less. The member may be required to furnish such a certificate following an absence in excess of two (2) consecutive working days. Members shall be required in all cases to furnish a written, signed statement upon appropriate department form to justify the use of sick leave.
Sick Leave Verification a. The Board may require a note from a physician, physician's assistant, or nurse practitioner to substantiate three (3) or more days of consecutive absence.
Sick Leave Verification. Employees absent more than three (3) consecutive days due to illness may be required to submit a proof of illness certificate issued by an appropriate professional. Such certification shall identify when the employee was seen and treated. Sick leave verification for a lesser period of time may be requested only if the employee has been disciplined for sick leave abuse or misuse within the last three (3) months. No employee shall be harassed, admonished, reprimanded or in any way disciplined for the legitimate use of full paid sick leave.
