I agree with Cynthia - the question to be asked is what is hte purpose of
health screening in this particular context? COSHH would, at first sight,
not to be an appropriate set of regs - but it all depends what job the
lecturer was appling for.
Too often I come across firms with health screenng policies firmly in place
but, when questioned as to why, I get some some puzzled looks. Far too
often it is done because "we've always done it and it's in our contracts of
employment - even though they can't point to any job-specific risk.
I suspect that in many cases pre-employment health screening has been put
in place because their insurers ave insisted upon it in order to limit
their financial liabilities, and it has later become fashionable to hang
a "COSHH" label on the process.
Dennis M
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