Pre, During & Exit Employment Assessment Testing
These are health assessments designed to screen individuals at differing stages of their employment; at pre-employment,
during and exit employment.
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Pre-employment/during employment
The main purpose of the pre-employment health assessment is to ensure that an individual has no pre-existing ill health or disabilities
which may affect their ability to perform the proposed job. The assessment provides baseline data and consideration of the
Disability
Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA).
You may wish to undertake screening of a job applicant’s health to complement your recruitment procedures, in order to:
Or you may undertake work that may expose new employees to certain risks and you have a legal obligation to conduct screening for these
purposes (see Health Surveillance
and Fitness for Work).
When considering transferring an existing employee to another job within your organisation it may be appropriate to review the pre-employment
health assessment against their current health status e.g. transferring to duties such as
fork lift truck driving or
working at height.
Pre-exit/leavers health assessments
An exit health assessment is just as important, especially with the dramatic growth in compensation claims against past employers. COPE
obtain objective data (for example, HAVS (hand arm
vibration testing)) at the time of the employee’s exit to minimise risk and mitigate potential legislative action in forthcoming years.
Why choose COPE Occupational Health?
We can provide a number of solutions for these purposes, including paper/online questionnaires,
telephone assessments or full face-to-face assessments.
We highly recommend that this process is linked in with your other
health surveillance or
fitness for work assessment
requirements. We also recommend that this process is repeated when an employee transfers to a different role during their employment.
Further Reading
Direct Gov Disability rights
www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/RightsAndObligations/DisabilityRights/DG_4001068
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