Is my employer suppposed to be this much involved in my personal health or is this a HIPPA violation?
My 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.
Unfortunately if your paperwork doesn’t support the fact that you need to miss work they can keep asking for documentation. If not they set themselves up for anyone wanting to take time off because they don’t feel well.
Yes, If you are asking for a LOA they can ask you to update your paperwork.
Normally you don’t need to make a dr. appointement, if you just call them they will usually amend the paperwork for you ifyou explain that your work is having problems with it.
Normally you are required to update FMLA forms every month, but if there are questions regarding the paperwork they can request more documentation.