Originally Posted by NuGuy

Just so you guys know what you're talking about, because details matter:

In any rolling 12 month period, if a sick leave call takes you over 120 hours, your next sick call in any subsequent bid periods will require a note from a QHCP. You need to dissect this a little bit to figure out you can go way above 120 and never need a note, so long as you don't use another sick call while your look back is 120 hours. Let's say your lookback is 110 hours, and you call out for a 5 day trip worth 32 hours. No note is required because you were under 120 hours prior to the sick call. Furthermore, you could call in sick for whatever additional duty you have the rest of the month, with no note required. The requirement only kicks in after the end of the month, assuming your lookback is still 120 or higher.

If you've used 50 hours or less in each to the two preceding sick leave years, no note is required at all, no matter how much you use. If you've used at least 100 hours in one shot, such as a surgery or other major illness, provide a note, and none of that time counts either.

We do have a rather onerous "good faith basis" system where the Company call call you if they have reason to believe you're not really sick, but if they send you to the Dr, they pay for it, and the sick call doesn't count towards the above limits. They have to call you within 3 days of the start of the event, and they have to tell you exactly why. If you used 50 or less hours in the preceding sick leave year, they can't do that at all.

It is use it or lose it.