38 5. Travel to and from an appointment, a pharmacy, or other location related to the purpose for which the time was taken. Use of sick time for other purposes is not allowed and may result in an employee being disciplined. Employees may not use sick time if the employee is not scheduled to be at work during the period of use. An employee may not accept a specific shift assignment with the intention of calling out sick for all or part of that shift. Earned sick time may be used for full or partial day absences. The smallest amount of sick time that an employee can take is one hour. Sick time cannot be used as an excuse to be late for work without an authorized purpose. Up to 40 hours of unused sick time may be carried over into the following benefit year. Absence Notification Procedures: If an employee needs to be absent, to be late or to leave work early (for purposes that are permissible under the earned sick time law), the employee must give advance notice via phone to his or her supervisor or dispatcher on-duty, except in an emergency. If the absence is foreseeable (for example, if the employee will be absent to attend a previously scheduled appointment), the employee must provide up to seven days' advance notice, unless the employee learns of the need to use earned sick time within a shorter period of time. If the absence is not foreseeable, the employee must provide notice to his or her supervisor at least 8 hours before the start of the employee's shift. If 8 hours' notice is not reasonable due to an accident or sudden illness, notice must be provided as soon as practicable. If an employee is going to be absent on multiple days, the employee or the employee's surrogate (e.g., spouse, adult family member or other responsible party) must provide notice of the expected duration of the leave or, if unknown, provide notice of continuing absence on a daily basis, unless the circumstances make such notice unreasonable. Documentation of Use of Sick Time: The company will generally require an employee to submit a doctor's note or other documentation to support the use of sick time if the absence: 1. Exceeds 24 consecutively scheduled work hours or three consecutive days on which the employee is scheduled to work; 2. Occurs within two weeks prior to an employee's final scheduled day of work (except in the case of temporary employees); or 3. Occurs after four unforeseeable and undocumented absences within a three-month period. Required documentation must be submitted within seven days of the absence. Additional time will be allowed for good cause shown. If an employee fails to timely comply with the sick time law's documentation requirements, the company may recoup the sick time paid from future wages. Verification of Use of Sick Time:
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