Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Massachusetts
Medical privacy in the workplace
does an employer have a right to know specific medical infomation when you are out on sick leave?
a contract with a city states you do not need a Doctors note unless you are out for more than three days. why then would you have to report specific information on your sick leave.
Asked on 10/21/01, 8:58 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Charles Yow, Sr.
Yow and Associates
Re: Medical privacy in the workplace
You refer to a contract with the City, are you a City employee?
I am unfamiliar with any instances where an employee could not be asked for a doctors explanation of the absence, especially if the employee is seeking compensation through sick leave/pay.
Charles Yow
Answered on 11/23/01, 7:22 pm
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