Posted by paxvox on May 29, 2003, at 18:24:19
In reply to More annoying boss stuff, blah blah blah..., posted by noa on May 29, 2003, at 17:59:12
Interesting stuff there. My first question is: are you an hourly employee or a salaried one? If you are an hourly, she has no right to call you at home if you are sick unless she plans on paying you extra (there are a FEW exceptions to that rule, depending on the nature of your business). I assume this is a private company? Strangely, it sounds a lot like my GOVERNMENT job, and I am the supervisor who gets called by both my immediate boss as well as my "subordinate" employees if I happen to be out sick (or even after hours any other day or my days off). You have a right to your privacy, but your boss DOES have a right to correct your attendance if it is not acceptable. We have written sickleave policies that are applied to everyone. They set limits for what requires medical or other documentation, etc..as well as one's rights under the FMLA laws. Of course as a Federal government agency, the rules are a bit different than private industry rules. Still, everyone has a right to privacy concerning medical information (that is Federal law)so I would ask for the written attendance rules for your place of employment from your boss. That way, there's little room for error or misunderstanding.
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