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I would like to reword my last question. Appreciate your help in my understanding.
My work has recently found out that I will be travelling while on STD. My physician has approved this travel and it’s not in our company policy not to leave the province while on leave.
Our 3rd party STD company and/or my work are trying to impose restrictions of travel (which is outside of what is in our policy or what my specialist has advised) only because they found out after the fact and don’t want me to travel?
They are threatening to terminate me if I don’t cancel my trip. The 3rd party company responsible for our STD called me and advised I’m not to be travelling while on leave.
Can they legally impose restrictions for something outside of our company policy?
In some circumstances, your insurance provider can place restrictions on your travel, even if it is outside of your company policy. I would strongly recommend that you set up a consultation with one of our lawyers to have your STD and company policy reviewed to determine what restrictions (if any) can be placed on your travel.