Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
shakedown.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A community for live music fans with roots in the jam scene. Shakedown Social is run by a team of volunteers (led by @clifff and @sethadam1) and funded by donations.

Administered by:

Server stats:

269
active users

shakedown.social: AboutStatusProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.4.0

#sicknotes

0 posts0 participants0 posts today
Auscandoc<p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/BC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BC</span></a> to change law to stop employers from asking for 'unnecessary' doctor sick notes <a href="https://www.kamloopsbcnow.com/watercooler/news/news/Provincial/BC_changes_law_to_stop_employers_from_asking_for_unnecessary_doctor_sick_notes/?utm_source=KamloopsBCNow%3A+Stuff+That+Matters&amp;utm_campaign=1eae0588b6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_c6c74ff35d-1eae0588b6-632038545" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kamloopsbcnow.com/watercooler/</span><span class="invisible">news/news/Provincial/BC_changes_law_to_stop_employers_from_asking_for_unnecessary_doctor_sick_notes/?utm_source=KamloopsBCNow%3A+Stuff+That+Matters&amp;utm_campaign=1eae0588b6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_c6c74ff35d-1eae0588b6-632038545</span></a> Thing is… it’s been the Health Authorities that are amongst the worst offenders. “British Columbia's labour and health ministries announced Tuesday that changes would be made to the province's Employment Standards Act, which will stop employers from asking employees for "unnecessary" <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/sicknotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sicknotes</span></a>, Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside said.”</p>
Auscandoc<p>B.C. family doctors renew plea to scrap sick notes: <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10990352/b-c-family-doctors-sick-notes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globalnews.ca/news/10990352/b-</span><span class="invisible">c-family-doctors-sick-notes/</span></a> “British Columbia’s family doctors are renewing their plea for the provincial government to ban employer-mandated sick notes, saying the practice is bogging physicians down in red tape.</p><p>The BC College of Family Physicians <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/BCCFP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCCFP</span></a> says writing <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/sicknotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sicknotes</span></a> is “not a medically necessary service,” and leaves physicians with a heavy administrative burden that eats away at time better spent treating patients.</p>
Auscandoc<p>No more <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/SickNotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SickNotes</span></a>, Canada doctors urge employers | CTV News <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/why-a-group-of-canadian-doctors-says-workplace-sick-notes-need-to-go-1.7087329" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ctvnews.ca/canada/why-a-group-</span><span class="invisible">of-canadian-doctors-says-workplace-sick-notes-need-to-go-1.7087329</span></a> “With a shortage of family doctors in Canada, sick notes are an added burden to the burned-out physicians, the group representing Canada's physicians said in a statement released Monday. The <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CMA</span></a> said eliminating them for minor health issues could prevent as many as 12.5 million "unnecessary" health-care visits in a year. (1/2)</p>
TrendingLive feeds
About