Originally Posted by
NuGuy
Just so you guys know what you're talking about, because details matter:
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.
Just a data point, but having the company call you for a "good faith basis" is seems rare, and seems mostly limited to calling obvious situations - like calling out sick for a reserve trip, when you apparently live out of base, and hadn't made your way into the base for the trip. Things like that..
I have used a fair bit of sick time over the years (back problems, a couple of surgeries so far for it) and I've never been called for a "good faith basis" note.