| A potential employer who has at least 15 | | | | hiring an office receptionist, you normally shouldn't |
| employees (and is therefore covered by federal | | | | ask the applicant to lift 75-pound weights as part |
| laws against disability discrimination) cannot require | | | | of the medical exam. On the other hand, if you |
| a job applicant to take such a test before | | | | are hiring for a parcel service job, you might be |
| offering the applicant a job. | | | | able to reject an applicant that can't lift a |
| You must offer a job to a potential employee | | | | 75-pound weight. |
| before requiring him or her to take a medical or | | | | - Confidentiality |
| physical examination. You might then be able to | | | | - Pre-employment drug test Confidentiality |
| reject the potential employee if the exam shows | | | | Generally, the results of the exam must be kept |
| that he or she cannot perform the essential job | | | | in a file separate from the employee's regular |
| functions with or without a reasonable | | | | personnel file and should not be revealed to |
| accommodation. Remember: If you reject the | | | | anyone except a medical practitioner, such as the |
| potential employee after failing the exam, then he | | | | company doctor or, with the employee's consent, |
| or she will know that the only reason for the | | | | the employee's personal physician. |
| rejection was the exam. Therefore, you must | | | | Can I require an applicant to take a |
| make sure not to deny employment due a | | | | pre-employment drug test? |
| disability revealed during the exam, as long as the | | | | States have differing laws regarding drug tests. |
| potential employee's disability may be reasonably | | | | Generally, drug tests are permitted for applicants |
| accommodated without an undue hardship to your | | | | for all types of jobs, even jobs that are not |
| business. | | | | "safety sensitive." |
| The exam must be related to the work the | | | | Click to read more articles from GotTrouble. |
| employee will be doing. For example, if you are | | | | |