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[log in to unmask]Hi Carr
It is always helpful to hear helpful wording in relation to advice we give.
How would you word advice to management at point of employment if say, the post involved riding horses (key and main task) but the individual had a condition that would make this unsafe for them (and maybe others) e.g. epilepsy. This may also fall into certain recognised Standards of Fitness Requirements.
Many thanks for your helpful advice.
Kind regards
Pippa
Pippa Stanford
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Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 17:25:31 +0100
Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] Pre Employment medical - who informs the candidate fit/unfit
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
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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
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