Do employers check with the GP after you submit a sick note?

Fatigue can feel like actual sickness and an employee is likely not to perform as they would. Taking a day of may do the trick. Employers should be able to understand this and not follow up with the GP when their employee calls in sick. In any case, the employee is entitled to a couple of leave days every year. Why not use them to rejuvenate.

No, the employer is not able to check with the GP when an employee submits a sick note. They would have to have a release of information(legal paper) to be able to get any personal information from the GP. It would be unlawful for the GP to disclose anything. They probably wish they could.

Personally this does not sound Legal at all, and personally I would be filing a complaint if my Boss ever called my Doctor after they give me a note. I think it is every persons right to get a note in order to miss work, and if an employer is not wanting to accept the note, than it is time to go further with your complaint as for them not to believe you, and call the Doctor is unprofessional at best.

Employers don't normally check with the doctors if the medical certificate is authentic and you are really sick. However, if you are a habitual absentee from work, the HR has every reason to call the doctor for confirmation. Confirmation is also important if you have filed for a sick leave for a good number of days. If it is only for a day or two it would not really matter but not if it were a week and more. Don't forget that there are companies who have policies on malingering or feigning sickness when there really isn't none just to avoid reporting for work.

I too think it's wrong for employers to check sick notes but think about how many people abuse these notes and call into work when they reallly aren't sick. They ruin it for the people who are really sick. But I always thought a doctor couldn't tell them that you aren't sick but that yes you don't need to be at work. I may be under the wrong impression but Ive always been close to my doctor. So Ive never had a problem with it.