(Source: Reuters, December 13, 2022)
Rail operator CSX Corp is changing its attendance policy for unexpected, short-term medical absences next year after U.S. railroads’ sick-time policies became a flashpoint in national labor talks. Under the new policy effective Jan. 1, CSX said Tuesday it will no longer assess points when an employee calls in sick shortly before a scheduled workday with an illness that they saw a doctor for. CSX’s new attendance rules will be “non-disciplinary and non-punitive,” the company said in an email to Reuters.
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