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The Department of Labor (DOL) is looking into a new United Airlines policy requiring employees to provide a doctor’s note when they call out sick on Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays.
The airline informed staff of the new policy over the weekend of July 20, Quartz reported. In an email the outlet viewed, United management expressed concerns about an uptick in employees calling out sick on the weekends, and said this increase “has resulted in the need to require flight attendants to provide verification of an incapacitating illness from an accredited physician when making a sick call.”
The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA),