Supervisors keep medical leave notes in the employee's desk-side personnel file. What privacy-alignment move should HR make?
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Short Explanation
A diagnosis sticky-noted on the supervisor's clipboard is not confidential just because it lives in a folder. Medical notes do not belong next to the attendance sheet. Split the files so only people who must know can see the health details.
Full Explanation
Medical documentation must be segregated from the general personnel or supervisor file, with access limited to those with a need to know for leave, accommodation, or occupational-health purposes. Mixing notes into a desk file, a shared drive, or a crew mailbox is a privacy-process failure under typical ADA and FMLA recordkeeping expectations and under HIPAA where it applies. Segregation is a design of the file system, not a training slogan about highlighting diagnoses. HR aligns to organizational data protection by making the split operational and auditable.