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Does UPS accept an online doctor’s note?
UPS hourly workers are covered by Teamsters contracts, and the rules live in regional supplements. The Local 776 contract lets UPS require medical certification for FMLA leave. Neither source says when a doctor's note is needed for an ordinary sick day; that is set by local practice and your supplement. Warning letters are contested through the grievance procedure, and under the Local 776 agreement a warning notice lapses after nine months.
What UPS workers are told
Absences tracked
There is no single national UPS points policy: point systems, occurrence thresholds and call-in rules vary by building and supplement and are often local past practice. Discipline for Teamsters-represented workers runs through the contract's just-cause and written-warning procedure. Specifics live in regional supplements and local riders.
Note required
The Local 776 contract says UPS may require medical certification for FMLA leave. Neither source states a doctor's-note rule for ordinary absences or says what a note does to a warning letter. Paid sick days (5 per contract year in the Local 776 area, ramping from 1 to 5 over three years for new hires; 7 for part-timers after one year under the Southwest rider) and FMLA are the protections.
Where to submit
Report to your center per local practice; FMLA and medical-leave paperwork follow your supplement's procedure; grievances go through your steward.
Paid sick time
Paid sick days set by supplement/rider (e.g., 5 sick days per contract year; part-time 7 days after one year of seniority in the Southwest Package Rider).
From published reporting on the policy · 2026-09-23
Sources, read 2026-09-23
The rules that sit above UPS’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, UPS 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 logistics employers
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SickSlip is not affiliated with UPS. Employer names are used to describe their published policies. Reviewed by Adam Z. Kawalek, MD (NPI 1326223306). Facts checked 2026-09-23.