Canadian Medical Association Opposes Sick Notes

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Workplace sick notes need to go, medical group urges

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The Canadian Medical Association says eliminating sick notes for minor health issues could prevent as many as 12.5 million "unnecessary" health-care visits in a year .

About one-third of working Canadians said they were asked by their employers to produce a sick note for a short-term absence at least once in the last year .

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