(March 16, 2012 at 9:39 am)Jaysyn Wrote:(March 16, 2012 at 9:26 am)Phil Wrote: I can't see a law like this having any possibility of being implemented. This would be against HIPPA laws which are so severe, a hospital employee can not even call you by name without your consent. Could you imagine this bypassing that? I used to joke with the nurses that HIPPA is getting so bad they were going to have to put patient photos on the charts instead of their names.
Employers are only tenuously bound by HIPAA.
The really dumb thing about this law is you can just lie to them. They have no legal way of finding out. If they call your doctor up & the doctor discloses your medical information to them then *that's* a HIPAA violation topped off with an invasion of privacy lawsuit against the employer.
You are very correct. Being a union steward I have several times warned the employers and foremen not to ask why people have taken medical leave. There is a reason for privacy.
If I get a head injury, and it gives me some mental problems...then the FUCK if I want my employer and fellow workers to know about that because who wants to work with a "psycho" (and we all know they would say that on the job)
What if you got aids? All of the people on the job would be claiming you are gay.
There are so many reasons why this law is wrong.
...and since when did birth control become slut pills?
