MDOC Employee Handbook - Michigan Corrections Organization

When an employee has been on sick leave for five (5)or more consecutive work days. When an employee has been absent as a result of anaccident, injury, or outpatient surgery. When an employee has requested annual leave andbeen denied and subsequently requests use of sickleave for the corresponding time. When an employee claims illness on the day of achange of assignment. When an employee’s sick leave credits have been reducedto sixteen (16) hours or less for reasons otherthan leaves of absence, FMLA, workers’ compensation,or death in the family. When the absence of a considerable number of employeeson a shift indicates a concerted effort amongthe employees at the work site, the appointingauthority shall immediately request medicalverification of each employee. When an employee establishes a pattern of absencesand/or emergency leave requests such as absence ona regular continuing basis on a given day of theweek, before or after a regular day off, a payday, ora holiday.Employees must be notified of the requirement tosubmit medical verification of their temporary disabilityat the time of call-in or in advance if possible.Employees must contact their Human ResourcesOffice to obtain the necessary requirements for medicalverification. Medical verification must be submittedprior to a return to work and may be submittedas applicable directly to the Human Resources Officeor the Disability Management Unit. Failure to providerequested medical verification at the time of the returnto work may result in the employee not being able towork.11