Sick With Pay Abuse. Sick With Pay is a negotiated benefit for a member to use when sick or injured and unable to perform his duties. Any other use of SWP is considered abusive. Employee morale will suffer if workers are required to carry the workload of an employee with an attendance problem. The LMC shall meet and discuss attendance problems and SWP abuse and jointly develop ways to identify and curtail SWP abuse. Employees who have requested and been denied compensatory time, vacation or holiday leave, and who call in sick for the day(s) for which leave was denied, shall be required to provide a physician’s verification of the injury or illness.
