I am a manager and one of my employees is having some attendance problems. Her child gets sick occasionally and she does not have other family who can help take care of them so she has to take off of work. They are all legitimate illnesses, but they are more than allowed by company policy and I really want to help her because she is responsible and reliable when at work. Are there any childcare options for her when her child is sick?
Unfortunately unless she has family friends or a private sitter there is not much she can do except take care of her child.
But to help you, I work in HR...
If the child is diagnosed with a chronic illness (asthma as an example) then she would be qualified for FMLA in the US. That would allow her to miss up to 12 weeks of work w/o being penalized. The days do not have to consecutive it can be one day here and 2 days there. She would be protected for for a total of 12 weeks off for a rolling yr not a calendar yr..
Get her FMLA papers and have her take them to her doctor to have filled out, the doctor will know if the child has an illness that is covered.
Also once she has missed 3days of work have her bring in doctors notes from the childs doctor to keep her covered from losing her job until the FMLA papers are completed.
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