Feeling underneath the climate for a day? In Nova Scotia, your boss can’t ask for a sick word anymore.
As of July 1, Nova Scotia employers can not request a sick word except an worker is absent for greater than 5 working days, or has already had two absences for sickness throughout the earlier 12 months.
The change is a part of the Medical Certificates for Employee Absences Act, which the legislature handed within the spring.
As effectively, when workers do certainly want a sick word for his or her employer, now they will flip to different health-care professionals to jot down it.
Changes to the act permit suppliers like nurses, dentists, pharmacists, physiotherapists or social staff to offer notes.
“Our healthcare professionals should spend their valuable time providing care, not doing paperwork,” stated Health and Wellness Minister Michelle Thompson, in a Friday launch.
“By reducing unnecessary administrative tasks like writing sick notes, we free up time for doctors and other healthcare providers to help more Nova Scotians get the healthcare they need, faster.”
It’s estimated, in accordance with the province, medical doctors spend 50,000 hours a yr writing sick notes.
Employees also needs to bear in mind the labour requirements division of the Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration has the fitting to research and handle complaints about requests for sick notes.
