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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 872141" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>One would think that they should pay the doctor's office copay if they direct an employee to get a doctor's note - but I never heard of Express doing such a thing. </p><p></p><p>Most locations have a "policy" (never could confirm if it was in PEOPLE or was informal junk) that if an employee called in sick 3 days in a row, they HAD to get a doctor's note to return to work. No note, no return to work. I considered it to be a form of extortion on their part - if you presented yourself ready to work, who in the hell were they to doubt that you could indeed work.</p><p></p><p>So if one was indeed ill, then took 3 days off in a row - the employee was then liable for sitting through the misery of sitting in an acute care clinic or trying to get their primary care provider to see them on short notice (good luck), in order to be able to return to work. </p><p></p><p>As we all know, the provider will look at the individual, come up with a diagnosis of "acute viral syndrome", proscribe Tylenol and rest, then write a note stating the employee is able to return to work when "feeling better". A complete waste of health care resources, all done by Express to cower an employee from not using their sick time. The funny thing is that since Express is self paid when it comes to health coverage, Express ends up paying about $60 or so after the employee's copay for the office visit. Complete waste.</p><p></p><p>I was always of the opinion that if an employee did in fact present a doctors note, then the sick time used should NOT be counted against them for attendance purposes on the review - an "excused" absence so to say. This would've been the "balancing mechanism" for the use of sick time and Express trying to minimize employees calling in sick at the smallest of circumstances or calling in just to take a day off. </p><p></p><p></p><p>There was a time where I had to take more than 3 continuous days off - so I merely called in, was told on the third day I needed a note to return to work, then proceeded to call in the other two days and went in to my provider on the fifth day when I was feeling much better. It jammed them up pretty good and they deserved it. Yes, my review took a hit, but I knew I wasn't career FedEx at that point so I didn't care.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 872141, member: 22880"] One would think that they should pay the doctor's office copay if they direct an employee to get a doctor's note - but I never heard of Express doing such a thing. Most locations have a "policy" (never could confirm if it was in PEOPLE or was informal junk) that if an employee called in sick 3 days in a row, they HAD to get a doctor's note to return to work. No note, no return to work. I considered it to be a form of extortion on their part - if you presented yourself ready to work, who in the hell were they to doubt that you could indeed work. So if one was indeed ill, then took 3 days off in a row - the employee was then liable for sitting through the misery of sitting in an acute care clinic or trying to get their primary care provider to see them on short notice (good luck), in order to be able to return to work. As we all know, the provider will look at the individual, come up with a diagnosis of "acute viral syndrome", proscribe Tylenol and rest, then write a note stating the employee is able to return to work when "feeling better". A complete waste of health care resources, all done by Express to cower an employee from not using their sick time. The funny thing is that since Express is self paid when it comes to health coverage, Express ends up paying about $60 or so after the employee's copay for the office visit. Complete waste. I was always of the opinion that if an employee did in fact present a doctors note, then the sick time used should NOT be counted against them for attendance purposes on the review - an "excused" absence so to say. This would've been the "balancing mechanism" for the use of sick time and Express trying to minimize employees calling in sick at the smallest of circumstances or calling in just to take a day off. There was a time where I had to take more than 3 continuous days off - so I merely called in, was told on the third day I needed a note to return to work, then proceeded to call in the other two days and went in to my provider on the fifth day when I was feeling much better. It jammed them up pretty good and they deserved it. Yes, my review took a hit, but I knew I wasn't career FedEx at that point so I didn't care. [/QUOTE]
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