Scrap sick notes for minor illnesses like colds, says CMA
The Canadian Medical Association wants to eliminate sick note requirements by companies for employees with short-term minor ...
Time to scrap sick notes? Canadian doctors say to get rid of them
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) released a report Monday stating that around one in three working Canadians were asked ...
Doctors are sick and tired of writing sick notes
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) released a paper calling for an end to workplace sick note requirements for short-term ...
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Government Considering Changes to Sick Note Requirements
The Canadian Medical Association, and the NLMA, are calling for an end to sick note requirements for short-term absences from ...
Doctors seek end to sick-note requirement for short illnesses
The Canadian Medical Association says the notes are taking up too much of physicians’ time during a shortage of family ...
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CMA calls for end to sick notes for minor illnesses
Additionally, the CMA report calls out the discriminatory potential of requiring sick notes for minor illnesses, stating such ...
Burlington Post10d
Do I need a sick note? Ontario ends requirement for doctor’s note if you are sick three days or less in a year
An Ontario law came into effect the same day that the Canadian Medical Association called for the elimination of sick notes ...
End employers’ sick-note requirements for short-term illnesses, Canadian Medical Association says
The group is calling for governments to legislate restrictions on employers demanding the notes from people who miss work for ...
Toronto Star10d
Workers won’t need sick notes for up to 3 days of sick leave under just-passed Ontario law
Ontario workers will no longer have to provide a sick note to take up to three days of sick leave, after the provincial government passed a law amending the Employment Standards Act on Monday. The ...
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Medical association calls for elimination of sick note requirements by employers
The Canadian Medical Association wants to eliminate sick note requirements by companies for employees with short-term minor illnesses, saying they burden physicians with unnecessary administrative ...
Why a group of Canadian doctors says workplace sick notes need to go
Canadian doctors are calling for employers and schools not to require sick notes when it comes to short-term minor illnesses.