The Canadian Medical Association wants governments to scrap sick note requirements for employees with minor sniffles, stomach aches or other short-term illnesses. In a position paper published on ...

When employees do need to produce a sick note, other health-care professionals besides doctors are able to provide it. That includes nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists and social workers.

Co-signed. 100 emoji. And yet, according to a survey commissioned by the CMA, one-third of Canadians were still asked to provide a sick note for a short-term absence at least once in the past year.

Ontario employees now won’t need a doctor’s note that proves they were sick if they miss up to three days of work in a calendar year due to illness. In Ontario, employees are entitled to three days of ...

Many Canadians need a sick note for their employer or school if they are off due to medical reasons, a policy a group of doctors is trying to change. Calling out workplaces and others who require ...

Policies requiring people to provide sick notes for missing work due to short-term illnesses such as the common cold or stomach flu don’t make sense and need to be eliminated, says the Canadian ...

The Canadian Medical Association wants to eliminate sick note requirements by companies for employees with short-term minor illnesses. Medical tools are pictured in an exam room at a health clinic ...

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 ...