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3 days/Doctor's excuse question - Sunflower

Posted: Nov 29, 2011

Last summer my group in the north received an email stating if you are out of work due to being sick for 3 days that HR is requesting a doctor's excuse. I was wondering if the rest of you have heard this also. Can't seem to find it on MQ Central. I missed 3 1/2 days once a few years back but never that many since so I was just wondering if any of you know. I guess it would not surprise me as they treat us like "real" workers now. TIA

I doubt it - anon

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Things change literally almost daily with this company. I've been a MQ employee for over a decade and in that length of time I've learned that if you wait long enough, the rules of the day will quickly become the rules of yesterday. I've seen so many "policies-of-the-day" come and go so fast it might make your head spin so it wouldn't surprise me a bit if that wasn't a policy last summer ... but has gone by the wayside and is no longer in effect today.

I think it all depends on the mood of your CCM on any given day.

well, I wouldn't risk it - just sayin

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I know that if they are looking for a reason to be done with you, that would be a great reason. At the very least, I would ask CCM that question.

I agree with both of you - Sunflower

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I have been here 12 years also. I have since been changed to a new CCM once again but for some reason I think my last CCM while I was there focused on people missing work and not watching other things so much. I also think it depends on their mood. In the email I remember it saying HR is now telling me you need a doctor's excuse for 3 days or more. It just sounded kind of awkward the way it was worded. Also I almost feel scared to miss 3 days now with the new ccm because I am not sure what she would say and then I would bring it to light! My back gives me problems every now and the pain goes down to the legs and right now I feel I could use the time off. If I go day by day calling off maybe the 2nd day I would get some info regarding this without asking.

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