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    Apr 22, 2010, 06:00 PM
    Can you be fired for being sick
    Is a Employer within their rights? Can you be fired for being sick? My employer claims If he does not receive a doctor's excuse for one day off sick on which is an unpaid day, that I will be fired. Is he with in his legal labor law rights? From Williamsport Pennsylvania
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    Apr 22, 2010, 06:29 PM

    Your company will have a sick policey in your contract

    Some contracts do state a sick notes is required for as little a one day

    Do you have a contract? How long have you worked there?
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    Apr 22, 2010, 07:36 PM

    Yes, if that is company policy they may do that. Agreed it is normally for probationary employees but companies I worked with often required that during the first 90 days.

    Is there a reason they believe you were not ill ?

    Do they require that of all employees ?
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    Apr 23, 2010, 03:12 AM

    Thanks Two both answers. This is my wife she works for the school district as a cafeteria worker. She has a union, but I don't know exactly what is written as of yet. I wanted to know the laws outside the union policy. She has worded for them for over 2 years and this is not a habit. The trouble is she had put in a written unpaid day off and actually became ill on that day. Her request was never answered either way. She truly became sick ironically.
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    Apr 23, 2010, 09:35 AM

    Union policy prevails unless it is contrary to law. If the State does not require (and I'm sure it doesn't) a note for sick days but the Union and/or employer do - she needs to provide a "sick" note.
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