The administration of SL use was modified 4 years ago. The new evaluation system triggered automated requests for SL documentation (as permitted in our CBA). Previously Mgt would call and do a little dance to say, hey you've been sick a lot anything we should worry about. wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

New system triggered so low there were folks who hadn't been sick in 3 years being threatened with advisory letters if they didn't provide documentation from a Doctor as to why they had called in sick.

We grieved it. Main argument (which was ridiculed here) was that the threshold was way, way too low.

Negotiated settlement was reached last year (emailed to all but unread or forgotten by many). Tempers reached boiling level when Mgt announced had finished all of the programming/hiring agreed to in the settlement last week (with a link to the actual settlement).

So, at FedEx we still notify the Computer we're unfit to fly. Company has a limited amount of time to determine whether there's a Good Faith reason to think we're abusing SL documentation and a Human will have to decide to request documentation or communication from us as to why we called in sick.

The paranoics are assuming mgt Won't accept a head cold, self-medicated with OTC or GI issues statement which would result in the trip(s) in question being changed to a Dropped trip code (no pay and no way to make it up) and the SL being restored to the SL bank