Your boss can ask for a sick note if you’ve been off work for more than two consecutive days. Your employer can also request a certificate if you take a single day’s sick leave more than twice in eight weeks. If you can’t provide one, your company doesn’t have to pay you for the days you were absent. There may be a clause in your employment contract that requires you to produce a certificate when sick leave is taken on a Monday through to Friday as shown by International Recruitment Agencies.
Your boss has every right to question a medical certificate, especially if there are grounds to believe that you might not have been ill. If you claim to be suffering from back pain when your Facebook page says you had a blast on the roller coaster at Gold Reef City you could be in big trouble.
