CMA calls for elimination of sick note requirements by employers

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    So long sick note? Canadian doctors are asking employers to stop taking up their time with short-term sick notes.

    By The Canadian Press

    The Canadian Medical Association wants to eliminate sick note requirements by companies for employees with short-term minor illnesses.

    The association says this could prevent as many as 12.5 million unnecessary health-care interactions in a single year.

    CMA president Dr. Joss Reimer says sick notes are not a health systems issue, but rather a human resources issue.

    The association says sick notes burden physicians with unnecessary administrative tasks and detract from patient care.

    In a new position paper, the CMA calls for legislative changes to restrict the requirement for sick notes and promote alternatives such as self-certification and flexible leave policies. 

    It says the move aims to ease the administrative burden on health-care providers and improve patients’ access to care and the overall efficiency of the health-care system.

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