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Auscandoc<p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/BC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCCFP</span></a> says writing <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/sicknotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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>
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