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No - they can ask about the specific condition that requires accommodation. They only need to know about that one issue, if you have ED or hair loss that doesn'

No - they can ask about the specific condition that requires accommodation. They only need to know about that one issue, if you have ED or hair loss that doesn't need to be disclosed if you are not asking for accommodation as a result.

iaw 5y ago
Can you provide evidence of this? My reading of the ADA was that employers can ask for whatever they want to but are ultimately required to take a doctors certification. No one, as far as I know, is required to disclose their medical records in order to be eligible for the ADA if a doctor is will to certify. Source: I have disabilities that I've fought with multiple employers over.
- slownews45 5y ago
  If you don't want to release records they can ask your doctor directly to respond to a set of questions about your condition generally. Practically doctors can write a note and if is sufficiently detailed it's normally accepted. But the idea that oh, I've got something so ADA let's me work from home is really not true - there is usually much much more back and forth in these things.
dathinab 5y ago
I think we are meaning roughly the same. > know about that one issue Knowing that you have that conditions is still not the same as releasing medical records specific to that condition. So you employee should neither have your full medical records nor a sub-set specific to a certain condition. Just a document confirming that you have that condition.
- slownews45 5y ago
  No, they can ask that you release records related to that condition. That means the detailed records in many cases. Reality is in most cases employer just talks to employees or condition is obvious (use of a wheelchair etc). In most cases accommodation measures are routine / trivial (better chair, taller desk, different schedule such as part time work for reduced pay etc etc, ergo keyboard). Honestly, stuff like this where you hear ADA requiring employers to supposedly let people work from Utah where COL is 1/2 bay area is what gives ADA type stuff a bad name. It's not the common track and obviously open to more abuse particularly if no documentation is provided.

iaw 5y ago

Can you provide evidence of this? My reading of the ADA was that employers can ask for whatever they want to but are ultimately required to take a doctors certification. No one, as far as I know, is required to disclose their medical records in order to be eligible for the ADA if a doctor is will to certify. Source: I have disabilities that I've fought with multiple employers over.

slownews45 5y ago
If you don't want to release records they can ask your doctor directly to respond to a set of questions about your condition generally. Practically doctors can write a note and if is sufficiently detailed it's normally accepted. But the idea that oh, I've got something so ADA let's me work from home is really not true - there is usually much much more back and forth in these things.

dathinab 5y ago

I think we are meaning roughly the same. > know about that one issue Knowing that you have that conditions is still not the same as releasing medical records specific to that condition. So you employee should neither have your full medical records nor a sub-set specific to a certain condition. Just a document confirming that you have that condition.

slownews45 5y ago
No, they can ask that you release records related to that condition. That means the detailed records in many cases. Reality is in most cases employer just talks to employees or condition is obvious (use of a wheelchair etc). In most cases accommodation measures are routine / trivial (better chair, taller desk, different schedule such as part time work for reduced pay etc etc, ergo keyboard). Honestly, stuff like this where you hear ADA requiring employers to supposedly let people work from Utah where COL is 1/2 bay area is what gives ADA type stuff a bad name. It's not the common track and obviously open to more abuse particularly if no documentation is provided.