Litebulbs
I Agree with you.
As a board member of a company, I would not relish defending a company imposed requirement to exceed the law if cross examined by a capable lawyer.
It is obviously unreasonable to expect sick people to travel to their place of work to be examined by a doctor.
Had I been involved in this dispute, my tactic would have been to hire a number of doctors and let it be known that they would visit sick people at home to examine them.
I believe that this threat would have achieved the same purpose, because a doubbt would have been created in the minds of those taking advantage.
On the other hand and I speak from personal experience of a difficult employee, should someone really wish to play games, then back problems are very difficult to diagnoese effectively.