self-certification

British  

noun

1. (in Britain) a formal assertion by a worker to his employer that absence from work for up to seven days was due to sickness. From 1982 this replaced a doctor's certificate for the purposes of paying sickness benefit See also sick note

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Example Sentences

The support for small businesses was also criticised, where "lending relied on self-certification with inadequate checks to prevent abuse".

From BBC

“We all know the self-certification method has failed,” one ICE official wrote in an email.

From Salon

The group's founder Georgia Elliott-Smith said the plan "sounds promising" but just seems to be self-certification paperwork with the threat of inspections - "not much different from today's flawed protocol".

From BBC

In 2018, the first year of the programme, the trust's self-certification led to it being paid £1,288,241.

From BBC

The report endorses a permit self-certification program being explored by Los Angeles officials.

From Los Angeles Times