Do the three days of serious illness have to be scheduled work days?

mav

Hi all,

 

Under the definiton of serious illness, it states "more than three consecutive days" . Do these three days have to be scheduled work days? If an employee is under a doctors care from Thursday to Monday, a period of five days, but only missed three days of work, Thursday, Friday and Monday, is this an event?

I thought I read somwhere that the days of incapacitation did not have to be scheduled work days.

 

Thanks in advance.

TXHRGuy

You are correct, they do NOT have to be work days.  That's why it's important to stay on top of Monday absences.  If the serious illness began Friday after work, then you have your three days with only one visible day of absence to the employer.