What can supervisors do if employees contact the department to ask for vacation leave or say that they are ill on a strike day?

The University will presume that – absent medical certification – absences from work during any declared strike period are strike related. Authorization for absence from work (e.g., vacation leave) may or may not be given depending on operational necessity and without regard to the employee's reason for the requested leave. Departments may ask employees who state that they are ill on a strike day to bring in medical verification of illness.