Legal Question in Employment Law in Colorado

Sick Time - Policy Changes

Hello,

Since I started working for my company they have changed their policy on sick days. When I started all you had to do was call them within a half hour of the start of your day to let them know you would be gone. Now they expect a call two hours before your day starts or they take action up to and possibly including a fireing. They changed this without giving me a new policy overview to review or sign, so I am wondering if they can just take action like this by themselves, and to a lesser extent if they need me to sign a new policy before they can hold me to it. Also, can you tell me if you need to give a reason to an employer when you take a day off or if you can just tell them you wont be in?

Sorry about my poor spelling.

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Asked on 12/01/05, 10:54 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Ellen Buckley Law Office of Ellen Buckley

Re: Sick Time - Policy Changes

This answer applies to private, non-union employers.

Generally, an employer can change its policies without having employees review the change in writing or sign something. An employer does not require employees' agreement in order to enforce its new policy. If an employer were to fire an employee for violating a new policy the employee hadn't been told about, the employee would probably be granted unemployment benefits as the firing would not be the employee's fault.

No law prohibits an employer from requiring you to give a reason for requesting time off.

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Answered on 12/01/05, 4:04 pm


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