Alberta Human Rights Information Service October 28, 2009
New Commission information sheets for employers, employees and doctors: Obtaining and responding to medical information in the workplace
The Commission has launched three new plain language information sheets that complement the Commission’s comprehensive interpretive bulletin Obtaining and responding to medical information in the workplace. The bulletin and information sheets were developed in response to the many inquiries that the Commission receives about issues related to medical absences and an employee’s medical ability to work.
Each information sheet is aimed at one of these target audiences: employers, employees, or doctors—they all play a role in gathering and providing reasonable medical information about an employee’s disability.
The bulletin includes a Sample Medical Absence Form and a Sample Medical Ability to Work Form. The forms were developed in consultation with the Alberta Federation of Labour, Alberta Medical Association, Alberta Workers’ Health Centre, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.
The Commission anticipates that these resources will help employers, employees, and doctors achieve good communication and effective workplace accommodations for employees.
Link to the new information sheets:
- Obtaining and responding to medical information in the workplace:
A summary for employers (text version) (pdf version) - Obtaining and responding to medical information in the workplace:
A summary for employees (text version) (pdf version) - Obtaining and responding to medical information in the workplace:
A summary for doctors (text version) (pdf version)
You can also link to the interpretive bulletin: Obtaining and responding to medical information in the workplace.
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