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Employer wants staff to do medical/pysch evaluations

  • 04-05-2007 5:09pm
    #1
    fishlover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭


    My works wants all existing employees to under go a medical and pysch evaluations. I have worked there for over 3 years now and we have been recently taken over by a UK company. There was no medical required to get the job at the start.

    There is nothing in the contracts about medicals except they can make you go if you are off sick for a long period.

    Question is can we refuse to take the medical? Can the results of said medical be used by HR to dismiss ppl?

    Thanks
    FishLover


Comments

  • #2
    rickybutcher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 78 ✭✭rickybutcher


    I'm no expert but I'd imagine that unless it's in your contract somewhere they can't make you do it, unless obviously it becomes a legal requirement. Somebody else will need to answer that though.

    I'd personally regard it as an unwarranted invasion of privacy, particularly the psychiatric evaluation - who will have access to this?, your work should be judged on it's merits and I presume both your work and your existing job was being done just fine before these tests were brought in. I wouldn't agree to it and I'd have 1,001 questions about the tests and the reasons for them.


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