Employers should have to foot the bill for mandatory sick notes

By Michelle Cohen · for CBC News ·

There are social and financial costs to mandatory sick notes. Employers should have to pay them

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Doctors send invoices to insurance companies or lawyers all the time for things not covered by provincial health care plans. This would be no different.

The issue of employers requiring doctors' notes for minor illnesses has been hotly debated for years. Medical associations are strongly opposed to the practice, and according to a recent Ipsos poll, 70 per cent of Canadians agree.

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