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Online Doctor's Cert

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  • 05-03-2024 11:01am
    #1
    Gmaximum
    Registered Users Posts: 372 ✭✭


    Hi

    Does anyone have experience of employees using an online service to get a sick cert? I'll happily share the site via PM...

    I emply 9 people and the newest memeber of staff requested holidays this week, they had not accurred enough annual leave and rang in sick for 3 days. I requested a doctors cert which was provided by a GP based in Cork while my employee lives and works in Dublin. A quick Google search and I found the site where with some pretty basic symptoms I could get a sick note for as little as €20!

    I know the employee is pulling a fast one but it appears there's little I can do as the cert is signed by a registered doctor



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    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,118 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    and now you have to pay for the pleasure of getting conned by an employee, not sure what can you do if it's a real doctor and telemedicine is a thing. They're a newish member of staff? I know what i'd be doing with them.



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    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,436 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    A Doctor has certified them so there isnt really much you can do unless you have a company doctor that you could send them to.



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    #4
    Gmaximum
    Registered Users Posts: 372 ✭✭Gmaximum


    Thanks guys,

    Guess I ended up here to have a rant, another cost for an SME to endure. Just to be clear, there's no consulation you enter symptoms on a webform with the number of days requested to be certifeid. It's reviewed by a doctor and signed by them. You can even pay extra to expidite the cert!



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    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,678 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    Hopefully they are still on probation.



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    Madd002
    Registered Users Posts: 281 ✭✭Madd002


    It's no different than them going to their own gp surgery. If they have a cold and 4 days later they pop into surgery to tell the receptionist they need a sick cert for work it's the receptionist who process the cert & signs it with a squiggle not the Doctor and they charge €20/25.

    Usually the certs I receive it says for their reason (Medical Illness) now with 5 days for each employee this year I've a steady stream coming in.



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    callaway92
    Registered Users Posts: 14,340 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    Ya thread carefully with stuff like that. In the end-of-the-day you can never be certain that they weren't actually sick. Like another poster mentioned, if on probation, just let go. If they've been working with you for less than a year, just let go.



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    NSAman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,388 ✭✭✭NSAman


    Is Dee Forbes a customer?



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