Employer disabled email address 6 months into medical leave. What is the expectation around staying in contact without email access, which thus far had been the only used method of communication. There was no warning, and now I’m unsure of my employment status. Another colleague on a long term medical leave still has email access.

It is typical for a work email address to be disabled during a medical leave. Going forward, I would communicate with the company via a personal email address. This does not necessarily indicate any change in employment status, and I would communicate with the company via personal email to confirm that you remain on an approved medical leave of absence.