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I work for a company that employs less than 50 people, is it legal for us to ask the staff to put the reason why they are taking time off, on their time off request form? I know there is a limit on what we can ask them to disclose for sick time because of HIPAA, but what about for vacation time?
The company's reasoning is that we need this information to make decisions on allowing time off, if we have more than one person requesting leave time at the same time and need to determine who can take time off, for coverage purposes, or if it's especially busy.
Are we ok asking for this, and is there a limit on what we can ask for? Could you point me to any legal sources for reference?
Thank you
I work for a company that employs less than 50 people, is it legal for us to ask the staff to put the reason why they are taking time off, on their time off request form? I know there is a limit on what we can ask them to disclose for sick time because of HIPAA, but what about for vacation time?
The company's reasoning is that we need this information to make decisions on allowing time off, if we have more than one person requesting leave time at the same time and need to determine who can take time off, for coverage purposes, or if it's especially busy.
Are we ok asking for this, and is there a limit on what we can ask for? Could you point me to any legal sources for reference?
Thank you