Sick Leave Certification and Approval Clause Samples

The Sick Leave Certification and Approval clause outlines the requirements and procedures for employees to obtain approval for sick leave. Typically, this clause specifies that employees must provide a medical certificate or other acceptable documentation to verify their illness, and it may set deadlines for submitting such proof. It also details the process for requesting sick leave and identifies who within the organization is responsible for granting approval. The core function of this clause is to ensure that sick leave is granted fairly and consistently, while preventing abuse and maintaining clear records for both employees and employers.
Sick Leave Certification and Approval. It is the responsi- 1. Any twenty-four (24) hour employee who utilizes forty-eight (48) hours or more sick leave on consecutive work days or who utilizes seventy-two (72) hours or more sick leave per calendar year. 2. Any forty (40) hour employee who utilizes twenty-four (24) hours or more sick leave on consecutive work days or who utilizes fifty-six (56) hours or more per calendar year. 3. Any employee who utilizes emergency sick leave or accrued leave balances as sick leave under Section 15.5C (2). 4. Any instance when an employee utilizes a sick leave occurrence the scheduled shift prior to or after any established accrued time off including ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇. 5. Any time the City has reasonable grounds to believe that sick leave is being abused. The City shall have the right, at its discretion, to verify the report of employees or the at- tending physician concerning the illness or disability of an officer, and to require the officer to be examined, at the City’s expense, by a physician selected by the City to determine the nature and extent of the illness or disability. Any medical examination ordered by the City to determine the physical fitness for work will be scheduled on the employee’s normal work shift. If the employee is ordered to be examined on his day off, the employee shall be compensated at time and one half (1-1/2) his hourly pay rate. As a result of this physician’s statements and examinations, the City may approve or deny an officer’s sick leave request, establish limits and conditions for any further approved sick leave connected with the same illness or disability, and allow or reasonably require an officer to return to work on a limited duty basis. Any employee using any amount of sick leave directly prior to an overtime selection shall not be eligible to be hired in and shall be skipped. Any employee using any amount of sick leave directly after accepting a hire in selection shall be skipped on their next overtime opportunity.
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Sick Leave Certification and Approval. A Department Head or designee may require an employee to furnish a doctor’s certificate at any time for proof of illness, as allowed under the law.
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Sick Leave Certification and Approval. If the CITY has reasonable grounds to believe that sick leave is being abused, it may require any officer requesting sick leave to complete and submit, at the officer's expense, a physician's statement. The attending physician must certify that he or she has treated or examined the officer or a member of the officer's immediate family, and that the officer's sick leave absence from work was warranted due to one of the authorized types of sick leave set forth in Section 12.3 above. Furthermore, and again at the officer's expense, the CITY may require any officer requesting sick leave of five (5) or more consecutive work days to submit a physician's statement indicating an employee's inability to work. For the purpose of this Article, consecutive work days shall not include an officer's scheduled days off and any holidays which occur and are taken off by the officer, but these scheduled days off and holidays shall not be considered as interrupting any such period of consecutive work days. The CITY shall have the right, at its discretion, to verify the report of the attending physician concerning the illness or disability of an officer, and to require the officer to be examined at the CITY's expense, by a physician selected by the CITY to determine the nature and extent of the illness or disability. Based upon the examination and recommendation of the physician selected by the CITY, the CITY may approve or deny an officer's sick leave request and establish limits and conditions for any further approved sick leave connected with the same illness or disability, and allow an officer to including return to work on a limited duty basis. The decision of the CITY may be appealed by the officer through the grievance and arbitration procedure as provided for in Article 33 (Grievance and Appeal Procedures) beginning at step one.
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Sick Leave Certification and Approval. 541 If the supervisor believes sick leave is being abused, he the supervisor may at 542 histheir own discretion require the employee requesting paid sick leave to furnish 543 substantiating evidence or a statement from the employee’s attending physician 544 certifying that absence from work was required due to one of the reasons set forth in 545 Sick Leave Utilization Requirements above. In any case, such certification must be 546 presented whenever sick leave is requested for more than three consecutive 547 workdays in accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act. 548 549 The Human Resource Director will have the right at its discretion to verify the report 550 of the attending physician concerning the illness or disability of an employee, and to 551 require the employee to be examined, at the City's expense, by a physician selected 552 by the City to determine the nature and extent of the illness or disability. 553 554 As a result of such physician’s statements and examinations, the City may approve 555 or deny an employee's sick leave request, and establish limits and conditions for any 556 further approved sick leave.
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Sick Leave Certification and Approval. ‌ Forty-hour workweek employees shall be required to provide a physician’s written confirmation of illness if sick leave is used for more than five (5) consecutive work days off. Forty-hour workweek employees shall also be required to provide a physician’s written confirmation of illness and return to normal duty when there has been eight (8) or more instances of sick leave taken in a calendar year. Twenty-four-hour duty employees shall be required to provide a written confirmation of illness and return to normal duty for an absence of two or more consecutive platoon days. Fire department platoon personnel shall be required to provide a physician’s written confirmation of illness and return to normal duty when there have been more than three (3) instances of illness in a calendar year. Any illness for which a doctor’s confirmation has previously been received shall not be counted in determining the fourth (4th) instance. Employees are responsible for scheduling and obtaining a physician’s written confirmation of illness and return to normal duty when required. Failure to provide the statement will result in a denial of sick leave benefits and the employee will be considered absent without leave. The Village reserves the right to require an employee to be examined by a Village appointed physician at the expense of the Village. In the event that there is a lapse of time, between the Employer ordered physical examination appointment and the employee being allowed to return to work, the employee will be paid his normal rate of pay with no deduction from the employee’s accumulated time off. The failure or refusal by an employee to submit to such an examination may be cause for disciplinary action. Employees shall be required to provide a physician’s written confirmation of illness and return to normal duty if they call in sick the day prior or the day after or between two (2) or more scheduled days off. Such physician’s written confirmation shall be at the expense of the employee requesting the sick time. For the purposes of sick leave certification and approval, a scheduled day off shall include Vacation, ▇▇▇▇▇, Holiday, 24-hour swap and 24-hour comp time. Below is a table showing examples of when a physician’s written confirmation will be required: A-Shift Scheduled Day Off B-Shift C-Shift A-Shift Sick B-Shift C-Shift A-Shift Scheduled Day Off B-Shift Sick C-Shift A-Shift B-Shift Scheduled Day Off C-Shift A-Shift B-Shift Scheduled Day Off B-Shift Scheduled Da...
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