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UW wants to suspend doctor's note rule for flu

By ASSOCIATED PRESS   Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 6:09 a.m.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System is moving to suspend a rule that requires sick employees to turn in doctors' notes as campuses prepare to handle the swine flu.

The Board of Regents is expected to vote Friday to suspend the doctor's note requirement for employees with the flu or flu-like symptoms this academic year.

The Centers for Disease Control is advising universities not to require a doctor's note for sick students and employees, saying doctors may be extremely busy and unable to provide documentation in a timely fashion.

The regents in 2005 approved the doctor's note requirement for employees who use more than 5 days of sick leave at once after a former UW-Madison administrator used months of sick leave when he was not ill.




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