Getting a Job

There is an issue with health screening forms. Many companies and local and national government require recruits to fill in a health form. The problem is that the companies they sub-contract to develop and implement these forms are usually the same companies that carry out health screening checks for life assurance and private medical insurance policies. Therefore they ask a lot more questions than are necessary and the forms contain warnings about the consequences of non-disclosure. Getting these forms out of the system is a slow process but some employers are breaking the law by asking questions they are not allowed to ask.

One of the issues was disclosure of HIV. Many of the forms asked for HIV status, but it has been ruled that such questions are not warranted in employment health forms.

Yes if you with-held a material fact an employer could argue that they had a right to dismiss you, but if you are doing a good job they may not want to. It is harder than might appear to exclude you for non-disclosure.

Most of the trouble recently has been over over-zealous medical health declaration forms.

Has NAS any experience of this? Or have NAS looked into it at all. Some of these medical screening forms are very intimidating.

There is an issue with health screening forms. Many companies and local and national government require recruits to fill in a health form. The problem is that the companies they sub-contract to develop and implement these forms are usually the same companies that carry out health screening checks for life assurance and private medical insurance policies. Therefore they ask a lot more questions than are necessary and the forms contain warnings about the consequences of non-disclosure. Getting these forms out of the system is a slow process but some employers are breaking the law by asking questions they are not allowed to ask.

One of the issues was disclosure of HIV. Many of the forms asked for HIV status, but it has been ruled that such questions are not warranted in employment health forms.

Yes if you with-held a material fact an employer could argue that they had a right to dismiss you, but if you are doing a good job they may not want to. It is harder than might appear to exclude you for non-disclosure.

Most of the trouble recently has been over over-zealous medical health declaration forms.

Has NAS any experience of this? Or have NAS looked into it at all. Some of these medical screening forms are very intimidating.