Your employer can ask you for a doctor’s note or other health information if they need the information for sick leave, workers’ compensation, wellness programs, or health insurance.
However, if your employer asks your health care provider directly for information about you, your provider cannot give your employer the information without your authorization unless other laws require them to do so.
Generally, the Privacy Rule applies to the disclosures made by your health care provider, not the questions your employer may ask.
See 45 C.F.R. §§ 160.103 and 164.512(b)(1)(v), and OCR's Frequently Asked Questions.
For employer issues, contact:
Department of Labor: (866) 4-USA-DOL
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: (800) 669-4000
I wasn’t so angry about that part at first. When I first read it I was so angry I was shaking. I got mad about the part where she’s discriminating against her unvaccinated employees (which most are btw) but forcing them to wear a mask while the vaccinated don’t have to. It wasn’t until I re-read it after my shift that day that I really paid any attention to it. Apparently, with Brandon in office it is “legal”. He’s made it a rule that employers “have the right to know” and can look up that info whenever. If that’s wrong please let me know, but that’s just what I’ve heard.
Is nobody going to mention how they said they can access your medical records through the state? How is that ok? Since when?
Most likely a bluff
Curious too
I wasn’t so angry about that part at first. When I first read it I was so angry I was shaking. I got mad about the part where she’s discriminating against her unvaccinated employees (which most are btw) but forcing them to wear a mask while the vaccinated don’t have to. It wasn’t until I re-read it after my shift that day that I really paid any attention to it. Apparently, with Brandon in office it is “legal”. He’s made it a rule that employers “have the right to know” and can look up that info whenever. If that’s wrong please let me know, but that’s just what I’ve heard.