Walk It Through: The Sick Day

A fever on a workday, the hours banked, a request for a doctor's note, and an attendance point.

A cashier at a store with 40 employees wakes with a fever on a scheduled day.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

An hourly worker at an employer with 15 or more employees. A smaller employer's 40 hour cap, exempt salaried staff, and family members' illness are left out.

A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.

Words this turns on

Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.

Paid sick leaveLeave every employer gives at one hour for every 30 hours worked, up to 56 hours a year at 15 or more employees and 40 below.