Calling out policy?

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Is this normal for Target or is it an ASANTS situation?

On the whiteboard at the pack stations there was a message for all fulfillment TMs that said any call out will result in a write up unless 1. You use sick time, 2. Have a doctor's note, or 3. You have an emergency. I don't plan on calling out (Only 1 call out in 8 years) but if I become ill, I will call out. I don't earn sick time (On Demand and was part time before, so I never earned it), if I have a migraine or stomach bug or something I will not be going to the Dr. for it, as I have medication I can take at home. I can just say I have an emergency, but seems like I shouldn't have to lie about it. I don't recall if I got written up the one time I called out but I don't think I realized it was so severe. Also, if it is just for fulfillment, is it normal for one store to have different policies for different departments?
 
My store doesn’t do write ups for one call out. That is definitely not normal! I would ask your ETL and HR ETL. Does your store have a problem with call outs? Maybe that’s the reason for this.
 
We do have a documented conversation for every call out that isn’t covered by sick time. It’s only a problem when we’re having a documented reliability conversation every week that it can turn into a corrective action. Documented conversations are nothing to worry about, but my HR makes us have the conversation with everyone, so that someone can’t claim that everyone isn’t being held to the same standard.

If every call out that isn’t covered by sick time is documented, when next steps like Corrective Action, Final, or Termination need to be taken, the store has covered all their bases by holding everyone accountable for exactly the same things.
 

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