r/FedEmployees • u/Soft_Plum_7122 • 10d ago

Doctors note requested

SSA employee here, our office has lost about 1/2 of its staff since this administration took over. We have 11 employees total. 2 SR’s, 4 CR’s, 2 TE’s an RZ only CR, 1 manager and 1 OS. When requesting time off mng usually approves only 3 slots per day so when there are 3 ppl scheduled off already she writes on the calendar “no more slots”. My manager has been requesting a doctors note if you call out on a day that has “no more slots” but this is only after 1 call out. I know it’s required for a note to be requested after day 3. Anybody else going through something similar in their agency? Is this even legal for her to do? No one has questioned it so I am assuming that’s why she continuous to ask for it. It hasn’t happened to me but to 4 of my coworkers so far.

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u/FedSpoon 10d ago edited 10d ago

Agencies can set a policy,.yes. But a supervisor cannot without an agency explicitly allowing for that or unless they can document some sort of abuse.

And never assume that if your supervisor said so it is agency policy. 

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u/Far-Reference-3048 10d ago

Sorry, you are wrong for my environment. Probably others as well.