Hi Nicola, I currently tried this in the company I am with at present and HR
asked candidates to put their completed questionnaires in an envelope marked
confidential to be passed on to me. The questionairre contained basic
questions and yes no tick boxes and was also based on risk assessment for
the area. Also disability was covered. This appeared to be going great guns
as my current company has a terrific turnover rate. However, the town I work
in also has a high incidence of drug use especially Heroin and of course you
can guess what happenned. Do users declare health problems or a disability
in the sense they have a "medical" condition which interferes with daily
living activities (open to debate here)? This week I went back to seeing
everyone albeit for a quick BP roll up the sleeves and check. This does not
always of course indicate what is happenning as some heavy users "clean up"
prior to getting a job for money and further supplies and inject in legs,
groins etc with the intention of "chipping" when money comes in. If a
swollen ankle doesn't give the person away then some still slip by the net.
This week 3 young people were picked up by the face to face approach even
with a quick check and at 15 minute intervals. Tough work but saves the
Drugs and Alchol testing which American companies sometimes demand for
Pre-Employment and the time this involves. I albeit grudgingly have gone
back to face to face. Perhaps also the fact that the Company also had a
medical centre with medications on site prior to my arrival also got out on
the local grapevine too? Nothing much in there but my experience taught me
that needles and syringes are always welcome and thank goodness we have now
moved to non-treatment. Just my 2 penneth for what it is worth. Kind
regards, Sue Mclaren
http://www.ohnurse.co.uk
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From: "Nicola Spencer" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 4:53 PM
Subject: pre-employment medicals
> we currently see every new employee for a pre-emp medical. I want to
change
> to a paper screen only with the interviewee carrying out a hygiene
> assessment (food industry). Does anyone else do this or have an assessment
> form that I can adapt? Also they would like HR to clear the employee if
all
> the questions are ticked no. Is this ethical? Ideas please.
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