Employer sick-note rules · retail

Does Best Buy accept an online doctor’s note?

Best Buy's published Colorado policy allows documentation only after more than three consecutive days of sick leave, and either a signed personal statement or a provider's document qualifies. Full-time employees, including in Colorado, stay on Best Buy's standard vacation and absence-hours plans; the document does not describe other states.

What Best Buy workers are told

Absences tracked

Attendance policy with excused/unexcused absences; official Colorado sick-leave notice states absences covered by sick leave are excused and not disciplinable.

Note required

Colorado policy (official): documentation may be required only after more than 3 consecutive days of sick leave; a signed personal statement OR a health-care-provider document both qualify. Outside Colorado, Best Buy's attendance and documentation rules are not published.

Where to submit

Tell a manager you are using sick leave (the policy says only a manager can deny a use that does not fit the policy). Policy questions: HRSupportCenter@bestbuy.com.

Paid sick time

Full-time: vacation + 'absence hours' PTO plans; In Colorado, part-time and seasonal employees accrue 1 hour of sick leave per 30 hours worked, capped at 48 hours per calendar year; full-time employees may use up to 48 hours of their standard PTO for sick-leave reasons.

From published reporting on the policy · 2026-09-23

Get a doctor’s note · $29.99A licensed physician reviews your case online, same day. Your HR can verify it at sickslip.co/verify.

Sources, read 2026-09-23

Best Buy Paid Time Off: Colorado Paid Sick and Public Emergency Health Leaves Policy (official, read 2026-09-23) “Absences for which you use Sick Leave in accordance with this policy will be considered excused under the attendance policy applicable to you”

The rules that sit above Best Buy’s policy

Federal leave law lets an employer ask for medical certification and gives you at least 15 days to return it; disability law limits medical inquiries to what the job requires; twenty states and D.C. limit when any employer, Best Buy included, may demand a note; and federal guidance treats a licensed physician’s online evaluation as telehealth. The statutes and sources are on the state-by-state doctor’s note law index and in are online doctor’s notes legal?

Other retail employers

Walmart · Target · Lowe's · Costco · Kroger · H-E-B · Whole Foods Market · AutoZone

Every employer’s sick-note rule, in one list

SickSlip is not affiliated with Best Buy. Employer names are used to describe their published policies. Reviewed by Adam Z. Kawalek, MD (NPI 1326223306). Facts checked 2026-09-23.

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