What if I am not sick, but I need to stay at home to care for my child(ren) or spouse who has the flu?
According to UNL’s Sick Leave Policy an employee is entitled to use sick leave with pay for the following reasons: • Up to five days may be used when the employee is required to care for and assist a member of his/her immediate family who is ill or injured. • For sick leave purposes, immediate family is defined as wife, husband, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, guardian, ward, stepfather, stepmother, stepdaughter, stepson, collateral dependent as defined for benefit purposes, or persons bearing the same relationships to the spouse.
