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Does Verizon accept an online doctor’s note?

Verizon has run a no-fault attendance plan with progressive discipline, modified by a 2011 settlement that requires disability-related absences to be considered for accommodation. Verizon's current attendance rules for union-represented workers are set in its CWA and IBEW contracts, which we did not review; Verizon publishes no attendance or doctor's-note policy.

What Verizon workers are told

Absences tracked

Historically a 'no-fault' attendance plan: the EEOC said that when an employee accumulated a set number of 'chargeable absences' Verizon placed them on a disciplinary step that could end in termination. The 2011 consent decree ($20 million) requires Verizon to revise its attendance plans to include reasonable accommodations, including excusing certain absences. Current specifics for union-represented employees are in the CWA and IBEW contracts, which we did not review.

Note required

Not found in an official document; under the settlement, disability-related absences must be considered for accommodation rather than automatically charged.

Where to submit

Verizon does not publish its call-out or leave process; we found no official document.

Paid sick time

Not published; union contracts and state law apply.

As reported by employees; not confirmed by the company · 2026-09-23

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Sources, read 2026-09-23

Verizon has not published its hourly attendance policy on a public page we could find. What is above comes from the sources below. If you work at Verizon and your handbook says otherwise, tell us at support@sickslip.co and we will correct this page.

Verizon to Pay $20 Million to Settle Nationwide EEOC Disability Suit (EEOC, July 6, 2011) (government, read 2026-09-23) “if an employee accumulated a designated number of 'chargeable absences,' Verizon placed the employee on a disciplinary step”

The rules that sit above Verizon’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, Verizon 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 Verizon. 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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