Anything beyond "medical" is none of their fucking business and that's being generous.

Yeah, so “Catholic Employer” =/= “Catholic Church” or any other church-oriented religious organization.

They’re talking about secular employers who happen to be Catholic. Said another way, it’s a secular company owned by someone who happens to be catholic.

It’s like the asshole-bakeries that want to not make cakes for gay couples. Same argument.

What’s fucked up is that means an employer can shit on an employee’s religious beliefs (or lack of them,) without consequence.

AGAIN: you would never know they were catholic until it became an issue, because the company itself is otherwise secular, not religious.

HIPAA covers what information health care professionals can provide. It does not cover what your boss or anyone else can ask you. Some states have their own laws. In California, for example, you would be correct, but that is a state law, not HIPAA.

Requests from your employer

Your employer can ask you for a doctor’s note or other health information if they need the information for sick leave, workers’ compensation, wellness programs, or health insurance.

However, if your employer asks your health care provider directly for information about you, your provider cannot give your employer the information without your authorization unless other laws require them to do so.

Generally, the Privacy Rule applies to the disclosures made by your health care provider, not the questions your employer may ask.

What your employer can do if you refuse to answer or lie to them, I have no idea.

It’s ADA, not HIPAA

Basically, you don’t have to tell them, and they can only ask (or demand medical evaluation) so far as it’s a concern for doing your job- or for providing reasonable accommodation.

And no, we can’t fire you for taking a day off or calling in for a medical anything. Nor can we fire you for saying more than that.

What we can do, is keep track of every petty little thing you fuck up and fire you for stupid shit. Like you forgot to tuck your shirt in or you arrived five minutes late or whatever.

It’s dirty and it’s wrong, but it’s impossible to prove that narrative that your illness or what ever made you relapse and hurt performance.

Everyone knows it’s because you took FMLA leave, but, on paper it’s because you started showing up late again. Or whatever.

It’s depressing that the only union this doesn’t work on is cops.

But if an employee says “I need to take a week’s medical leave, here’s a note from my doctor…” the employer doesn’t know the reason and can’t fire the person, right? I’m just failing to see how this can mutate into something worse. Or are you saying it’s common practice in the US for employers to deny medical leave?

The Catholic Church when you pay to get a rape kit done at a Catholic hospital after being molested by a member of their clergy:

Or whatever other bullshit Catholics think they can force on you.

Don't lump it all at catholics' feet, the Hobby Lobby owners who filed that first big post-ACA suit on this are evangelical protestants.

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