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Sharing diagnostic report

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Could I ask for a quick sense-check from the group?

My workplace HR are setting up a meeting to discuss some adjustments that I have suggested (yay!), but are requesting access to my full diagnosis report (err...).

There is information in the report which I deem to be personal and irrelevant to my working life - are they right to request this? Am I making an issue where there isn't one? I thought about creating a redacted copy to send to them, but thought I would check if anyone had any better ideas / suggestions / advice first!

Thank you all for your support.

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  • As has been quoted below "there is no legal requirement to prove"...

    With or without proof of diagnosis you have made your employer aware of your "disability" and that's all you have to do to request adjustments.

    My employer outsources to an Occupational Health company who do their own assessment and do ask for sight of medical records. They keep this confidential and do not send medical evidence to my employer. I have shared my records with Occ Health, but would never give them to my employer direct.

    I'd echo the advice to speak to the union if you can. You could also ask if they have a third party occupational health company that could be the "middleman" here if they are being insistent about seeing "proof". Might act to soften a refusal and demonstrate good faith.

    I'm personally uncomfortable with any employer who sees reasonable adjustments as something that you have to "earn" by proving you "deserve" them. The whole idea is to help you to be able to do the job effectively and help them get the best out of their employee. Adjustments aren't "perks" and usually aren't difficult or expensive for the employer - hence the word "reasonable". My brain would be whirring away wondering if they're trying to wriggle out of their legal obligations and if so why. I might be on a worst case scenario there, but I am a little paranoid about HR in general. They are not medical professionals and won't fully understand the contents of the report anyway, so why ask to see it?

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  • As has been quoted below "there is no legal requirement to prove"...

    With or without proof of diagnosis you have made your employer aware of your "disability" and that's all you have to do to request adjustments.

    My employer outsources to an Occupational Health company who do their own assessment and do ask for sight of medical records. They keep this confidential and do not send medical evidence to my employer. I have shared my records with Occ Health, but would never give them to my employer direct.

    I'd echo the advice to speak to the union if you can. You could also ask if they have a third party occupational health company that could be the "middleman" here if they are being insistent about seeing "proof". Might act to soften a refusal and demonstrate good faith.

    I'm personally uncomfortable with any employer who sees reasonable adjustments as something that you have to "earn" by proving you "deserve" them. The whole idea is to help you to be able to do the job effectively and help them get the best out of their employee. Adjustments aren't "perks" and usually aren't difficult or expensive for the employer - hence the word "reasonable". My brain would be whirring away wondering if they're trying to wriggle out of their legal obligations and if so why. I might be on a worst case scenario there, but I am a little paranoid about HR in general. They are not medical professionals and won't fully understand the contents of the report anyway, so why ask to see it?

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