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New limitations on asking health related questions during staff recruitment and selection
Actions higher education institutions can take to be ready for key legal changes that come in to force 1 October 2010
Key changes
The new provisions make it unlawful for an employer to ask about the health of a job applicant:
- before offering work to an applicant
- before including an applicant in a pool of shortlisted candidates from which the employer intends to select a person to offer work to
Actions
- Ensure existing pre-employment health questionnaires and other forms used during the recruitment process are reviewed.
- Questions relating to health should be removed or revised as appropriate so there is no risk of them forming part of the selection process.
- Ensure that applicants are still able to request reasonable adjustments during the application and selection process
- Continue to collect and use data to monitor equality in recruitment and selection
Also see General actions
Further information
Further information on pre-employment health questionnaires:
