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Transportation Security Administration officers who call out sick for a single day during the partial government shutdown can be disciplined if they don’t provide a doctor’s note documenting their illness.
Union representatives say the policy seems designed to pressure workers not to take absences while they continue to work without being paid. The Department of Homeland Security, which includes TSA, hasn’t been funded for 25 days due to a stalemate on Capitol Hill.
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“I don’t know of any [workplace] that has you bringing a note after one callout,” said Joe Shuker, regional vice president at the American Federation of Government E
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