No. I was out on extended sick leave for four months once. I told them exactly what was going on with me and that I won't be back any sooner that XX/XX/XX. The beginning of every month, they'd call at 0645, precisely, to ask me if I was well. There was even a comment line on my schedule that said "Sick Leave until XX/XX/XX". This will probably bake your noodle, but at the time, I had one phone in the house, a landline, and it was corded, and that was the one number the Company had. No, it was not 1978, but 2011, but the cell phone was for important calls. So I would have to get up on my crutches, hobble out to the kitchen, answer the phone, and about the 3rd month in I finally asked "what does it show in the remarks?". The scheduler goes "sick leave until XX/XX/XX", and there was a pause, and the scheduler goes "uh, sorry, we just have a list".