Is my employer suppposed to be this much involved in my personal health or is this a HIPPA violation?
y employer is giving me a really hard time lately. I am 34wks pregnant. I live in NYC. So far, I’ve been really sick, morning sickness, flu, bells palsy, high blood pressure, etc. However, I am not considered high risk or complicated just that I’ve been getting sick throughtout the belly. They’ve asked me to have my dr update my FMLA forms 3 times and now they’re asking for a 4th because my paperwork does not say anything about me being high risk or complicated so I should not be out of the office if I’m feeling sick or whatever because nothing in my paperwork supports the fact that I can just wake up one morning and feel horrible. I don’t know what else to do or what they want. It’s getting too stressful to run back to my dr everytime they need more stuff.
Your company only has to comply with the restrictions your Dr. places on you, up to and including bedrest, and hold your job during that time. If your pregnency isn’t “complicated” then they can require a normal work day from you just as they would anyone else. Get a different Dr. who will restrict you further if you are being made to do more then you feel you ought to.
Your employer is well within their right to require more information from your health care provider that shows you have health reasons that make it unable for you to work.