--00000000000036fe1f062b3859f0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks for the update on Chandani. We can not process the ROE until we have the letter. I will let Irin know. Thanks, Chuck On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 2:09=E2=80=AFPM Kathryn Nester = wrote: > Hi Team, > > I happened to talk to Chandani anyway as she also reached out to me. She > said she can provide a note from her doctor on Monday during her follow u= p > visit. > > Thanks, > Kathryn > > On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 11:29=E2=80=AFAM Kathryn Nester wrote: > >> Hi Chuck, >> >> Thank you for sharing. I am also looping in Lisa Spiegler as she oversee= s >> the leaves of absence process. >> >> @Lisa Spiegler Do you want to follow up with >> Chandani for the right documentation to support her LOA request or would >> you like me to follow up with her? >> >> @Chuck Terlesky Happy to meet if you feel like >> there is more going on here that needs to be discussed. >> >> thank you, >> Kathryn >> >> On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 11:18=E2=80=AFAM Chuck Terlesky >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Kathryn, >>> >>> Please see this email from Chandani - she can not take 6 weeks off from >>> a physiotherapist note. Tim has asked me to loop you in so that you can= let >>> Chandani know that she needs a medical note from a doctor. I have asked >>> Irin to hold off on the ROE. >>> >>> It's also my assumption that there is some malingering happening. >>> >>> Please let me know if you would like to have a call with Dennis and me. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Chuck >>> >>> In Alberta, a physiotherapist does not have the authority to provide a >>> medical leave of absence directly. Medical leaves of absence, including >>> those due to illness, injury, or other health-related reasons, typicall= y >>> require a medical certificate which can only be issued by a physician o= r >>> nurse practitioner. According to the Alberta Employment Standards Code, >>> employees can take up to 16 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave if the= y >>> provide a medical certificate stating the estimated duration of the lea= ve. >>> This certificate needs to come from a medical professional who is licen= sed >>> to practice medicine or a nurse practitioner, not from other healthcare >>> providers like physiotherapists. However, a physiotherapist can play a = role >>> in supporting this process by providing information or assessments to t= he >>> physician or nurse practitioner who would then issue the appropriate >>> medical documentation.[]( >>> https://www.alberta.ca/long-term-illness-injury-leave)[]( >>> https://www.alberta.ca/job-protected-leaves) >>> [image: Alberta.ca]Alberta.ca >>> Long-term illness and injury leave >>> >>> Eligible employees can take up to 16 weeks of leave due to illness, >>> injury or quarantine. >>> [image: Alberta.ca]Alberta.ca >>> Job-protected leaves >>> Eligible employees can take job-protected leave for various personal >>> matters. >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>> Fr