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Hi Roisin Just wanted to clarify what I meant in case it wasn't clear: As an OH I would never tell a prospective employee I found them "unfit"... I would advise that I felt certain adjustments would be needed to support employment in the roll, explain what those adjustments were that I would be advising etc and why. I would then say that I would forward the same information onto the prospective employer. If there were no specific adjustments required I would advise them of that.. i.e. I will advise X that there is no specific adjustments required to support employment in the role etc. I have always been (and always been advised to be) very careful about not using the words "unfit for post" to a candidate or for that matter in a report as that is beyond our remit and not our decision. The report wording tends to be: Fit for proposed post: No adjustments required to support employment in proposed role at this time Fit for proposed post with support of adjustments as follows: Carr On 12 May 2011 17:15, Roisin Smyth <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks to everyone for your input, > > I think the whole exclusion criteria is about to be reviewed because of > recent events where the desired candidate underwent an assessment and was > not deemed suitable to work because of these exclusion criteria. > > The argument that health and safety has in relation to reasonable > adjustments or accommodations is that, if someone with an underlying medical > condition such as asthma works in an area where there is exposure to known > sensitisers such as Nickel, their health condition has a high risk of being > aggravated, and the nature of the job they are applying for is such that > exposure to this substance cannot be avoided in the role, despite the fact > that full PPE is provided. > > I must admit that I am feeling the lack of my OH qualification here. 6 > years experience but will not be doing the course until next year. The case > has been referred to the OHPhysician. > > Carr, I will be discussing the use of fit and unfit with both the company > and the OHPhysician. Thank you. > > Roisin > > ******************************** > Please remove this footer before replying. > > OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html > > CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH > ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH