employee’s taking earned paid sick leave or earned unpaid sick leave, that the employee find, or attempt to find, a replacement employee to cover the hours during which the employee is utilizing earned or unearned sick leave. Section 414760. (A) Subject to the provisions contained in Section 4147140, an employer may require certification of the qualifying illness, injury or health condition. Any reasonable documentation signed by a health care provider involved in following or treating the illness, injury or health condition, and indicating the need for the amount of sick time taken, shall be deemed acceptable certification. (B) Nothing in this section requires an employee to provide as certification any information from a health care provider that would be in violation of Section 1177 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1320d6, or the regulations promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 42 U.S.C. 1320d2. Section 414770. When the use of earned sick leave is foreseeable, the employee shall make a good faith effort to provide notice of this need to the employer in advance of the use of the sick leave. Section 414780. It shall be unlawful for any employer to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of, or attempt to exercise, any right provided under, or in connection with this chapter, including, but not limited to, using the taking of earned sick leave as a negative factor in an employment action such as hiring, evaluation, promotion, disciplinary action, termination, or counting earned sick time under a nofault attendance policy. Section 414790. It shall be unlawful for any employer to take any adverse action against an employee because the employee opposes practices which the employee reasonably believes to be in violation of this chapter, or supports the exercise of right of another under this chapter. Section 4147100. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to discourage employers from adopting or retaining paid sick leave policies more generous than policies that comply with the requirements of this chapter and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to diminish the obligation of an employer to comply
employee’s taking earned paid sick leave or earned unpaid sick leave, that the employee find, or attempt to find, a replacement employee to cover the hours during which the employee is utilizing earned or unearned sick leave. Section 414760. (A) Subject to the provisions contained in Section 4147140, an employer may require certification of the qualifying illness, injury or health condition. Any reasonable documentation signed by a health care provider involved in following or treating the illness, injury or health condition, and indicating the need for the amount of sick time taken, shall be deemed acceptable certification. (B) Nothing in this section requires an employee to provide as certification any information from a health care provider that would be in violation of Section 1177 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1320d6, or the regulations promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 42 U.S.C. 1320d2. Section 414770. When the use of earned sick leave is foreseeable, the employee shall make a good faith effort to provide notice of this need to the employer in advance of the use of the sick leave. Section 414780. It shall be unlawful for any employer to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of, or attempt to exercise, any right provided under, or in connection with this chapter, including, but not limited to, using the taking of earned sick leave as a negative factor in an employment action such as hiring, evaluation, promotion, disciplinary action, termination, or counting earned sick time under a nofault attendance policy. Section 414790. It shall be unlawful for any employer to take any adverse action against an employee because the employee opposes practices which the employee reasonably believes to be in violation of this chapter, or supports the exercise of right of another under this chapter. Section 4147100. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to discourage employers from adopting or retaining paid sick leave policies more generous than policies that comply with the requirements of this chapter and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to diminish the obligation of an employer to comply
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