Sick time off request instead of vacation
sk8n
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An hourly employee put in a request for time off for a month from now: a week off, designated as 3 days vacation and 2 days 'sick' because she is traveling to take care of her elderly aunt's finances as part of her trustee responsibilities. (She said she'll probably have fun only 3 days of her trip.) She prefaced her written request by asking me if she could take sick leave (family leave) and I told her it was not appropriate: 1) her aunt is not immediate family, 2) she is not sick 3) this ee has 8 days of earned vacation available at this time and 4) we are less than 50 employees and FMLA is not available to her -- and this is not a qualifying event anyhow. She said that she has earned the sick time and wants to use it...and she put in the written request for it anyhow.
We are a small organization: me and ten employees. She has always managed to use all of her sick time before the end of the year, in half days, typically, when I am certain she is not 'sick' but wants to use it or lose it. SO, if she has to use vacation for all of her trip now, I expect I'll get a call later telling me she's sick for two days.
How would you handle this request: approve as requested, deny, charge all to vacation? Other options?
We are a small organization: me and ten employees. She has always managed to use all of her sick time before the end of the year, in half days, typically, when I am certain she is not 'sick' but wants to use it or lose it. SO, if she has to use vacation for all of her trip now, I expect I'll get a call later telling me she's sick for two days.
How would you handle this request: approve as requested, deny, charge all to vacation? Other options?
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