Letter Asking Doctor to Send Letter of Excuse to Employer Because of Illness

Send this letter to your doctor to ask him or her to send a letter of excuse to your employer, so that you may be excused from work due to illness or injury. Include all pertinent details in your letter.

[Your letterhead, if desired; if not, your return address]

[Date of letter-month, day, and year]

[Recipient's first and last names]
[Company name]
[Street or P.O. box address]
[City, State ZIP code]

Dear [recipient's name]:

Please send a letter from Dr. Jones to my employer so that I may be excused from work for two weeks as a result of the back injury I recently suffered. In the letter, please specify the starting and ending dates of the work excuse. Please send the letter to my manager, Beverly Crane, at the following address:

Brady's Unlimited
125 N. 15th Ave.
Sioux City, FL 59663

Please let me know if you need further details. Thank you for your prompt attention to this issue.

Sincerely,

[Signature]

[Sender's first and last names]