Law at work 2021 - the trade union guide to employment law (July 2021)

Chapter 8

Pre-employment health checks

[ch 8: page 321]

The position of jobseekers with a record of sickness absence was made slightly easier by a change under the EA 10 which bans pre-employment questions to job applicants about their health, including whether they have a disability or about their previous sickness absence record, before they are offered a role. For more information about what is banned and how the ban operates, see Chapter 7, page 262. This change to the law does not apply in Northern Ireland.


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