Manager discussing my sick note with colleagues

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Is this allowed? We don't get along and he had no reason to tell anyone the details of my note.

No not cool

Absolutely not

Depends what you mean by colleagues. Okay for him to discuss with his own manager or HR, otherwise no absolutely not. Report it.

Wasn't with senior staff or HR, it was with colleagues that are under me. I'm off with depression caused in part by work related stress. Colleague said to another (who I'm friends with) 'I don't know why Sart went on the sick and didn't just leave', makes me think they're suggesting my illness isn't real. I've been struggling so much and this is like a kick

I don't think what you said there alone suggests that your manager has told them the reason why you're off.

pol that wasn't all, they knew the reason and duration.

I've had similar and now I've developed more health problems, I'm reluctant to tell my manager because of the office gossip. It's not acceptable under any circumstances. Do you have a HR or union?

Find out who the data protection officer is for your place of work. Report as a breach of GDPR.

We have HR. I've been asked to go for a welfare meeting, really not feeling up to it now.

Absolutely not acceptable - report him to HR.

Sounds like a breach of data protection. Report him.

Thank you

I've been asked to go for a welfare meeting, really not feeling up to it now

Email and tell them you don’t feel up to it and it’s because of what colleague has said, say how it effecting you and asking how they could possibly know this confidential information, stressing the detrimental fact it has had adding to you WRS. HR need to know.
Shocking!

Of course it's not allowed. Surely everyone knows that?

⬆️⬆️Send the email suggested above as well as reporting to the DPO ⬆️⬆️

I'll write an email when I'm feeling a bit stronger. I'm so upset over this, don't feel like I can go back now.

GDPR breach, confidential information breach, personal health information breach. You can - and should - land your boss in a whole world of trouble with this.

My manager left my sick note on the main network where I (and God knows who else) found it.

I was less than impressed. They're great these managers, who don't know their arse from their elbow... 🙄

Absolutely not! Report him. It's a confidential information breach.

Yes that's really bad. GDPR issues and quite bad because health is considered sensitive information. If there's evidence then the company could be fined.

My friend is going to get colleague to confirm on Monday what they were told and let me know before I email. Don't want him to have any way of wriggling out of it. I'm very very angry now at being the subject of office gossip whilst I'm unwell.