Paid Sick Leave denied from months ago, what can I do?
Hello, I (22f) am a sever at my location. Last December I ended up having a stress induced seizure. I took a week off of work and called management the next day. I did not go to the emergency room because one of my biggest stressors in life is finances. I have no financial support from anyone, it is just me. I went to my primary care physician instead, when she was available. When I initially called, my manager had told me that I was unable to qualify for sick leave because I didn’t have a doctors note. I didn’t think anything of it. Months pass and I overheard my other coworkers talking about using sick leave without a doctors note.
Is there anything I can do to get my sick leave for that week, even though the event happened 5 months ago? Did I just get screwed over ?