Dear all
I work for HBS supporting Lincolnshire County Council. I am not
actually a member of the DP list but I am covering for Data Protection
in David Forbes' absence. One of the queries he has received concerns a
medical form which is sent out.
I have attached the form for your reference and the concerns raised
about it are below:
"When I was offered my current job here at LCC it was on the condition
that I had satisfactory references and that I was also fit enough, I had
complete a Well Work Employee Occupation Health form (see attached). The
form consisted of 64 medical questions which is obviously very personal.
Although I did not agree with the form I completed it anyway as I
really wanted the job and I didn't want to disadvantage myself in
anyway.
I thought that the attached form was breaching principals 1 and 3 of
the Data Protection Act?
I think that it is probably a valid point as although some of the
questions may well be relevant to some jobs, all of the questions are
not relevant to all jobs. The point about filling in the form is
interesting because as people have usually been offered a job before
they see this form they may feel that although they disagree with
filling the form in they may well do so rather than querying the form as
they feel that this may jeopardise the job they are being offered."
My own feelings are that the form does not reference the DP Act and the
nature of the wording compels you to fill in the details even though you
would feel uneasy doing so.
I have access to David's e-mails so replies to this list will be read.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Jon
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Jon Leonard
Senior Analyst/Programmer
Applications Support Team
IT Division
HBS Business Services/LCC
Tel: 01522 83 ext. 6155
Fax: 01522 516016
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