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Originally Posted by Bill14564
There are allowed uses for sick leave. Using sick leave for something other than an allowed use would be fraud and could result in the employee being fired.
I believe many (most?) companies allow their employees to use sick leave for FMLA absences to care for family members (though most Federal employees would not need to invoke FMLA for one or two days)
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You are correct. But, private companies have more flexibility and discretion than the Federal Government. The problem in the Government is that, if you don't treat everyone the same way, you can be accused of discrimination. So, how do you require one employee to prove that their need for sick leave is valid, when there are other employees who routinely call in sick whenever they feel like getting a day or two off?
I don't know what the FMLA law requires, but Federal employees do not invoke that law to use sick leave, and the person they are caring for does not need to be a family member.