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IMEs For The Just Plain Nuts

By Susan K. Eggum

Question:  If an employee is engaging in troubling or aberrant behavior, may the employer schedule an Independent Medical Exam and, if the employee refuses the IME, may the employee be terminated?

Answer:  It depends, and yes.  Read the entire answer in October's Ask the Expert column of the Portland Business Journal.