Employer sick-note rules

Does Disney parks accept an online doctor’s note?

At the Disneyland Resort a note is not required to call out and does not by itself excuse missed time. Paid sick time applied by the end of the following work week, or an approved leave, is what excuses it. The company may request supporting documentation from your provider.

What Disney parks workers are told

Note needed?

A note is not required to call out and does not by itself excuse missed time; 'the Company may request supporting documentation from their medical provider.' Missed time is excused when covered by paid sick time (applied by end of the following work week) or a legally protected leave/accommodation.

How absences count

Disneyland Resort (official, effective Oct 2, 2022): missed time measured in hours; unexcused hours and tardies tracked on a rolling 12 months; discipline triggers every 25 unexcused hours (Full-Time and Casual Regular) or 17 (Casual Temporary) and every 4 tardies (Full-Time and Casual Regular) or 3 (Casual Temporary); no-call/no-show: written warning, final, termination at 3 in 12 months.

Walt Disney World full-time cast under the STCU contract (2022-2027) are on an instance count, not hours: a reprimand starts at 3 absences in 30 days, 6 in 90, 9 in 180 or 12 in 365; a tardy over 2 hours counts as one absence, 2 hours or less as half; three reprimands in 24 months leads to termination.

Where to send it

Notify your leader or designated contact at least 2 hours before the shift; apply paid sick time by the end of the work week following the absence (the policy does not name the system); it does not say how to file a leave.

Sick pay

Paid sick time under union contracts and state law (California at Disneyland).

At Walt Disney World, full-time STCU cast earn up to 48 sick hours a year and can bank up to 200 hours; for three or more consecutive shifts of sick leave the Company may request a physician's written statement, and it may require proof of illness in any case.

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Sources

Disneyland Resort – Attendance Policy July 2022 (UNITE HERE Local 11 copy) · company document
What it says
“If a Cast Member provides a medical reason for any missed time, the Company may request supporting documentation from their medical provider.”
Agreement between Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S. and the Service Trades Council Union, Full-Time, effective October 2, 2022 through October 2, 2027 (UNITE HERE Local 362 copy) · union contract
What it says
“In the event that three (3) or more consecutive scheduled shifts of sick leave are applied for, the Company may request a written statement from a physician certifying as to the nature and length of e”

The rules that sit above Disney parks’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, Disney parks 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?

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

SickSlip is not affiliated with Disney parks (Disneyland Resort / Walt Disney World cast members). 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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