Legal Question in Employment Law in California

Unaccessible sick leave

my daughter is employed at a large national MEDICAL insurance company. she has worked there for one year as of march of 2001. she has a policy of 15 sick days per year. she has been denied of ANY sick leave. this company does not recognize any doctors verification of illness! she has been put on probational status for the second time due to missing days at work, but they are not long periods (this last time was one and 1/2 days from strep infection)and a physician was aware of the illnesses and she was under treatment.the company threatens to fire her if she calls in sick one more day in the next three months. she was made to sign a waiver for mandatory overtime and she is already a full time employee.

Is this not discrimination? she has not abused her sick days/nor has she been provided with any. Please help--what do we do??


Asked on 1/25/01, 10:28 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Ken Koury Kenneth P. Koury, Esq.

Re: Unaccessible sick leave

Normally a company does not have to give any paid sick leave to anybody. However, if they have a written policy allowing for sick leave then that would be considered a contract and they would have to stick to it. You may want to consult with a local attorney who specializes in employment discrimination to see what remedies you might have.

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Answered on 3/09/01, 1:39 pm


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