Kate
Having seen Geoff Helliwell's reply, I have the following point to add.
The pre-employment questionnaire that I use, includes the question: 'do you
suffer from any disability? Yes / No'. This makes it less easy for an
employee to argue that the employer should know about a disability if it has
been answered no.
Regards
Simon Ridout
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kate Venables
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Sent: 07 October 2001 20:25
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Subject: pre-employment health questionnaires
Dear all - this list has gone very quiet lately and so ... what are people's
views on pre-employment health questionnaires - content, processes - given
the Data Protection Act? I ask because of views from a personnel officer
close to home that these questionnaires should contain lengthy checklists of
diseases etc., should be returned in sealed envelopes to a manager (who can
check off that it has been returned) for onward transmission to the OHS, and
that managers would "like to know" about conditions such as epilepsy for
staff welfare reasons.
Best wishes - Kate
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