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Can we demand certification of violent employee’s alleged mental illness?

by 07/31/2012

Q. One of our employees physically threatened her co-workers. When confronted about the incident, the employee claimed that her behavior resulted from being bipolar. May we ask the employee to provide medical certification to prove that she is bipolar?

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