Tēnā koe [User 7569 name removed] <[FYI request #13932 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2020 1:57 AM
To: OIA_Requests (MSD) <[MSD request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Employee Medical Certificates

Dear Ministry of Social Development,

I request answers to the following questions and, where specified, copies of Ministry of Social Development documents that relate to the following questions:

1). Does the Ministry of Social Development conduct full and fair investigations in to allegations of bullying within your organisation? Please provide any manuals/procedures/guidelines available to investigators/decision makers.

2). Is it Ministry of Social Development policy to form (under any circumstances) an opinion about a diagnosis inferred by a medical certificate? If yes, please provide a copy of the policy or policies.

3). Is it Ministry of Social Development policy (under any circumstances) to write to Medical Practitioners who have provided medical certificates covering a period of absence by your employees offering to meet and discuss? If yes, please provide a copy of the policy or policies.

Yours faithfully,

[User 7569 name removed]

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Tçnâ koe [User 7569 name removed],

 

Please find attached the Ministry’s response to your Official Information
Act request.

 

Nâ mâtou noa, nâ

 

Official and Parliamentary Information team   |  Ministerial and
Executive Services

Ministry of Social Development

 

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