Fitness for Duties Letter (Australia): What It Is and What It Covers
A practical guide to what fitness for duties letters may include, and how employers can request useful context without overreach.
Fitness for dutiesHRAustraliaTreating doctor
Corporate Workforce Documentation Knowledge Base
Workforce Documentation Guidance for Employers, HR and Insurers
Practical, neutral guidance for Australian employer and insurer workflows involving treating-doctor documentation. These articles are written to reduce rework, improve request quality, and support clearer communication between stakeholders.
Fit for Work vs Fit for Duties: What Employers Mean vs What Treating Doctors Can Provide
Clarifies common language differences between operational decisions and treating-doctor clinical documentation.
Fit for workFit for dutiesClinical scopeHR communication
Modified Duties Letters: Common Workplace Adjustments and Review Timeframes
How modified duties recommendations are usually framed, including review windows and practical constraints.
Modified dutiesReturn to workReview timeframeWHS
Return-to-Work Documentation: Practical Guidance for Employers and HR
A practical checklist for obtaining useful return-to-work documentation while respecting clinical boundaries.
Return to workHRWork restrictionsDocumentation
Capacity for Work Statements: What Treating Doctors Can (and Can’t) Assess via Telehealth
Explains what capacity statements can reasonably cover when assessment is based on telehealth consultation.
Capacity statementTelehealthFunctional limitsClinical judgement
Clarification Letters: How Employers Can Request Additional Information (Consent-Based)
How clarification requests can be structured so doctors can respond efficiently within consent and scope.
Clarification letterConsentEmployer requestsDocumentation quality
Employer Contact with Treating Doctors: What Requires Patient Consent
A practical consent-focused guide for employer communication with treating doctors in Australia.
ConsentEmployer communicationPrivacyTreating doctor
Treating Doctor vs IME: Understanding the Difference (and Why It Matters)
Defines role boundaries between treating-doctor documentation and independent medical examinations.
Treating doctorIMEMedico-legal scopeRole clarity
Telehealth Assessments for Work Capacity: What Information We Use
What clinical inputs are commonly considered in telehealth work-capacity opinions.
Telehealth assessmentWork capacityRecords reviewClinical basis
Pregnancy Workplace Adjustments: Documentation Guidance for HR (Australia)
How HR teams can request clear, practical pregnancy adjustment documentation without overreach.
PregnancyWorkplace adjustmentsHRAustralia
Pregnancy and Work Restrictions: How Recommendations Are Framed (Precautionary, Not Guarantees)
Explains how pregnancy-related restrictions may be documented with precautionary, non-absolute wording.
Pregnancy restrictionsPrecautionary adviceWHSClinical framing
Prolonged Sitting, Standing, and Break Recommendations: What “Reasonable” Means Clinically
How recommendations for postural tolerance and break frequency are typically expressed.
Sitting and standingBreak recommendationsWork capacityErgonomic tolerance
Manual Handling and Lifting: How Treating Doctors Approach Advice (Evidence + Precaution)
How manual handling recommendations can be communicated as clinically cautious and reviewable.
Manual handlingLifting limitsPrecautionary adviceReturn to work
Sick Leave Certificates vs Capacity Statements: Which Document Is Appropriate?
When employers usually need an absence document versus a functional capacity statement.
Sick leaveCapacity statementsDocumentation typeHR workflows
Documentation for Fatigue, Stress, and Burnout: Scope and Limitations (No medico-legal opinions)
How documentation for fatigue and stress can be framed while avoiding medico-legal overreach.
FatigueStressBurnoutScope limitations
Insurer Forms (Treating Doctor Sections): What We Can Complete and What We Cannot
Clarifies what insurers can request from treating-doctor sections and where independent review may be needed.
Insurer formsTreating doctor sectionsConsentScope
What Employers Should Include in a Documentation Request (Role, demands, timelines)
A practical request template to improve first-pass documentation quality and turnaround.
Documentation requestRole demandsTimelinesHR checklist
Turnaround Times and What Delays Documentation (Missing forms, job details, results)
Explains common delay points and how employers can support timely, complete documentation.
Turnaround timesDelaysFormsJob details
Privacy, Recordkeeping, and Secure Communication: How Consent-Based Release Works
How consent, recordkeeping, and secure release processes typically operate in corporate documentation.
PrivacyConsent-based releaseRecordkeepingSecure communication
Common Reasons Documentation Is Declined or Needs Revision (Clinical independence, scope)
Why documentation may need revision, and how to align requests with clinical independence and scope.
Revision requestsClinical independenceDocumentation qualityScope
How to Write a Good Job Demands Summary for Treating Doctors
A practical format for describing role demands so capacity recommendations can be more specific.
Job demands summaryRole requirementsCapacity recommendationsHR
Work-from-Home Requests: How Treating Doctors Frame Recommendations (Operationally feasible)
How WFH recommendations may be framed clinically, while operational feasibility remains an employer decision.
Work from homeOperational feasibilityRecommendationsHR policy
When a Review Is Needed: Setting Appropriate Review Timeframes in Letters
How review intervals can be selected and documented in a practical, proportionate way.
Review timeframeFollow-upLetter draftingClinical uncertainty
Pathology and Imaging Summaries in Workforce Documentation: When They’re Relevant
When investigation summaries may be included and how they are typically interpreted in context.
PathologyImagingInvestigation summariesClinical context
FAQs for Employers: Workforce Documentation via Treating Doctors (AU)
Frequently asked questions from Australian employers about treating-doctor workforce documentation.
FAQEmployersAustraliaTreating doctor documentation
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