Hospital employees that allegedly accessed information from George Clooney's medical records regarding his recent motorcycle accident and shared it with the media have been suspended without pay.

Some 40 Palisades Medical Center staffers have been suspended without pay for allegedly violating George Clooney’s privacy rights in sharing information from his medical records with the media, the New York Daily News reports, based on a WCBS television material.

It was in late September when the actor and his girlfriend, Sarah Larson, were involved in an accident that resulted in a fractured rib for Clooney and fractured toes for Larson.

The two were hospitalized, treated and released that same day. Clooney and his girlfriend were riding his motorcycle in New Jersey when they collided with a 1999 Mazda Millennia. They were knocked off the motorcycle.

The Daily News reports that Jeanne Oterson, spokeswoman for the union representing some of the hospital workers - the Health Professionals and Allied Employees union, said the suspension without pay will last for four weeks.

“We believe this is a harsh penalty and an overreaction,” she said.

Celebrity gossip site TMZ.com reports that hospital officials are currently investigating whether staffers not directly involved in caring for Clooney and Larson accessed the hospital computer system to review his medical records.

The actor himself apparently bears no grudges, as his representative told TMZ: “This is the first I've heard of it. And while I very much believe in a patient's right to privacy, I would hope that this could be settled without suspending medical workers.”

Clooney’s rep also said the press was well informed regarding the accident an hour before a statement was even released.

Union representative Jeanne Oterson told the Associated Press that Palisades Medical Center treats confidentiality issues seriously.

“The union takes issues of privacy very seriously, whether the patient is George Clooney or John Doe. None of (the union members) are charged with violating confidentiality, but rather with looking at the records. We feel this penalty involved a rush to judgment because of the fame of the patient involved.”

Meanwhile, Clooney, 46, and Larson, 28, a one-time “Fear Factor” winner, are recovering well and even showed up, two days after the crash, bruised and hopping on crutches (in her case) at the New York premiere of the actor’s new movie, “Michael Clayton.”

The two reportedly met earlier this summer and were at once smitten with each other. They made their first public appearance at the Venice Film Festival, last month.

Weehawken PD, which investigated the accident, announced shortly after the accident that the actor would not be held legally responsible for the crash.