Question: I have been a software developer in a large organization for more than a decade. I have ADHD and see a psychiatrist every 3 weeks. Boss is now demanding access to all my health records or said he will fire me. He has also locked my Active Directory account (he says temporary) and deactivated my building pass until I sign the document for HR to obtain all my medical records.

I have till Monday (less than a week) to sign the document.

I am located in Australia.

Should I sign the document so my employer has access to all my medical records and all the psychiatrist's notes on me?

TL;DR ADHD Software Developer. Employer demands access to all information in my medical records.

[![Demand from my boss for all my medical records](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BLqPi.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BLqPi.png)

Answer: 
**DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING AT ALL UNLESS YOU HAVE REVIEWED IT WITH A LAWYER.**

I'm typically not a fan of "talk to a lawyer" but this is highly irregular and something bad is going on.

Things to do

1. Start looking for a local employment lawyer. Yes, it may cost you some money, but in this case you need legal protection.
2. Collect all documents and e-mails that are related to this and that you have still access to: performance reviews, time-off sheets, company policies, any type of warnings, your original and current contracts, recent pay slips, etc.
3. Prepare yourself for what happens on Monday. You may get fired, they may put disciplinary actions on you, they will put documents in front of you to sign. **NO MATTER HOW HARMLESS THEY LOOK, DO NOT SIGN THEM.** Nothing at all.
4. Practice in front of a mirror "Sorry, I cannot sign any document before I have reviewed it with my lawyer". Repeat over and over again as needed.
5. They will probably try to pressure you with different types of approaches. You just have to sit it out. Do not sign anything, do not agree to anything, do not comment on anything, don't answer questions but evade them. Just sit and listen and say as little as possible. If they get aggressive use the line "I'm sorry you feel this way".

If you are lucky, this will get them to back off. I'm guessing their plan is to pressure you into whatever it is they want. By not replying, refusing to agree to or sign anything and mentioning lawyer (a lot), they will see that this doesn't work. Since there is a good chance that they are trying to do something that's not fully legal, they really don't want you to talk to a lawyer, so you may gain some leverage here.
I'm in the U.S. so the main thing I've been able to scrap from the internet is this:

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> Minimum periods of notice at termination are set out in the National Employment Standards. The length of notice required to be given to an employee will depend on the duration of the employee’s period of continuous service. At the lowest end, an employee who has been with their employer for less than a year is entitled to one weeks’ notice. **At the highest point, if an employee has been continuously employed with an employer for more than five years, they are entitled to four weeks’ notice.**
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<https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/global-hr/pages/australia-terminating-employees.aspx>

In the U.S. you are under no obligation to sign such a document but the employer is under no obligation to keep you employed either unless you have a protected medical illness for which you are seeking help. If you have a protected medical illness then proof is required; albeit, not an entire medical history.

I assume there is more to this story and a series of events has led this employer to essentially investigate you. Regardless of what happens, I think the sun has set on your relationship with this employer.