Almost every doctor has encountered this situation: A patient requests a sick note, even though, from a medical perspective, there are doubts about their inability to work. The demand for certificates ...

After an employee called out sick — and even had a doctor’s note to prove it — he was told by his boss that the company would no longer “accept” doctor’s notes as proof of illness. The boss also ...

There will be times when people wake up feeling under the weather and have to let work know they will not be making it in. This is often a decision that needs to be taken in many cases but there are ...

Changes to British Columbia's employment standards legislation to no longer allow employers to require sick notes for short term absences are welcome after a decade of advocacy, says Doctors of BC ...