My Supervisor is asking for an doctors excuse for the week i was out but i didn't go. What should i do?

Question

Monday I called in sick (I really was) and just stayed in bed for a whole week throwing up and fealing pretty bad. I just thought that this would pass. Still fealing sick went to the doctor the follwoing week i found out that i was pregnant. I let my Supervisor know and gave him the doctors excuse for that day and every day after that but can't provide one for that week. He says he needs one to excuse me for the days i missed, but he never asked for one before.

Answer 1

First of all...congratulations on your pregnancy!! Secondly, there are other jobs out there. Yes you should have gone to the doctor but if you didn't then you didn't. What can you do about it now? Honestly, it sounds like he is trying to give you a hard time. Maybe its because he knows your likely to miss more often now due to the new baby. Whatever it is, just be honest and tell him you didnt go. If he lets you go for being dog sick when you pregnant, than you will find a better job.

Answer 2

Sounds a little harsh that your pregnancy kept you in bed for a week due to morning sickness etc. However you could ask your doctor for a note explaining that you were out sick for the previous week. It happends frequently and the only issue you might have is convincing the doctor for a note. If you have been with that doctor for a period of time they shouldnt really argue about it. Your employer is looking for an excuse to excuse you from your job. If you give them a note then they will have none. Weather they asked you for a sick note before or not should never be an excuse to not have a note. 99% of all employers have that provision in their employee hand book. Just get a not excusing you from your doctor and make a better effort to show up for work. It is better to go to work and go home sick (at least they know you are making an attempt) than it is to stay home.

Answer 3

Quite honestly, it's possible that your boss is looking for a way to discharge you. Seeing how you have already missed a bit of work, and finding out you are pregnant, he might be thinking about whether you will be out too much in the future. Saying that, he knows he can't discharge you for being pregnant so he is fishing around looking for a way to documentation to show that you have unexcused abscences.



Is there a written policy that states you must bring in a doctor's note after so many days missed? If so, has it been enforced on any other employees? If there is a policy and it has not been enforced then your boss has set precedent and you can explain that you did not expect that the note would be required based upon what has been expected of other employees. Then make sure that any other days you miss you go to the doctor and get it documented.



If there is no policy then just tell him so and if he would like to initiate a new policy then let's get it in writing and have all employees sign it to acknowledge that it applies to everyone.

Answer 4

You really should have asked a doctor for a note to cover the previous week. Many employers have a policy requiring that you have a doctor's note if you miss 3 or more days in a row.

Answer 5

Wow, I don't like the answers so far. I wouldn't advise you to commit fraud nor do I want to tell you to be more responsible, if he never asked for a note before then how would you know.



Let him know you don't have a doctor's note because you did not see a doctor. If they have a problem with that then you just talk to someone above your supervisor until someone with common sense realizes you didn't do anything wrong.

Answer 6

Just give your doctor's office a call. Either the dr or nurse practioner can write you a note excusing you from work. There have been times where I was sick and stayed home and called the dr to get a note without ever stepping in the drs office. Just let them know the days you were out and they should have no problem writing you a note.

Answer 7

Holy snap. Sounds like you are being set up for a termination. The bastard. Go to the doctor who you the original note. Explain to him you were out on these days because of your illness and if he could give you a note covering these absences. I have never met a doctor who wasn't nice enough to cover previous days prior to seeing them.

Answer 8

If the boss never asked for a dr. note before, how would you have known one was needed for that first week? I wouldn't recommend lying about it or trying to get a note at this point; be honest with your boss, and say now that you know, it won't happen again.

Answer 9

i don't think it's fraud for the doctor to write a note . the person was sick and needs to document that. i do not think that he/ she would have to show this note to the supervisor according to HIPPA. Is there a nurse at your company ? I would think that it's appropriate to give the note to a nurse who is bound to keep the reason you were out sick confidential. it should be enough for the employee to say to their employer that they were out sick / won't be in. i assume that the employee has enough time to cover the abscenses with PTO time.

Answer 10

GO back to the same office and usually a nurse can handle that. Just ask them to extend your previous note. That's all!!!

Answer 11

Start looking for a new job.



You have a responsibility to your employer to be at work or to explain why you weren't there. You didn't know what the problem was, but you didn't bother seeing a doctor. How could you possibly expect that your employer would trust you to say that whatever had been the problem wasn't contagious and wouldn't make the whole workforce ill? Your employer is responsible for the whole of his workforce.



As I said, you didn't know at first what the problem was. And it wasn't necessarily entirely morning sickness. Why would you expect him to not ask for a doctor's note for the whole week?



Asking your doctor to backdate a note is asking your doctor to participate in fraud.



You're showing that you can't be responsible to your employer. I certainly hope you learn something about personal responsibility in the next 7 or 8 months.

Answer 12

If you were out a week he nees documentation it is safe for you to return to work. No documentation, no return to work. Going the following week is fine, but they won't accept a retroactive excuse.

Answer 13

you could ask your doctor to write you a note, or there is a website that sells fake doctor notes-you could buy one.