Employer sick-note rules · manufacturing
Does Stellantis accept an online doctor’s note?
Since February 12, 2024, Stellantis' no-fault attendance procedure under the 2023 UAW contract gives one point for every day of absence and does not accept doctor's notes to excuse them; only FMLA and sickness-and-accident (S&A) leave keep their medical-documentation route. FMLA and approved leave remain protected.
What Stellantis (UAW hourly) workers are told
Absences tracked
No-fault points procedure under Letter M-8 of the 2023 UAW-Stellantis agreement, effective February 12, 2024: 1 point per day of absence; 0.5 for the first four tardies in a rolling 12 months, then 1 each; 0.5 for late notification and 1 for no notification; written warning at 6 points, five-day disciplinary layoff at 7-8.5, discharge at 9; one point is recovered for every 90 days without a new point.
Note required
January 2023 plant letters ended excused planned medical appointments; since February 2024 the no-fault procedure also points absences for urgent and immediate medical treatment and 'the Company will not accept or consider medical notes for these absences'. FMLA and S&A leave still require and accept medical documentation.
Where to submit
Report an absence at least 1 hour before your shift (30 minutes for a tardy) through the attendance call-in hotline 1-800-810-2271 or the Attendance Notification app at fca.fyi/callin (UAW Local 1268 notice, 2024). FMLA and S&A paperwork go through the plant's leave process (administrator not verified).
Paid sick time
Paid Absence Allowance (PAA) days under the UAW contract.
From published reporting on the policy · 2026-09-23
Sources, read 2026-09-23
The rules that sit above Stellantis’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, Stellantis 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?
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SickSlip is not affiliated with Stellantis (UAW hourly). Employer names are used to describe their published policies. Reviewed by Adam Z. Kawalek, MD (NPI 1326223306). Facts checked 2026-09-23.