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To keep up with productivity for any business, employee health and well-being should be of the utmost importance. Various industries have high risk roles that require a comprehensive medical screening as part of their pre-employment onboarding process. Hiring teams must implement a streamlined process for conducting medical checks, which includes ensuring accessibility to clinics near the candidate, facilitating ease of completing these checks and maintaining a healthy workforce. Maintaining a healthy workforce is not only to keep employees more productive and engaged, but also leads to reduced costs associated with workers' compensation claims. HR Challenges in Medical Screening for Recruitment HR and recruitment teams face significant challenges when conducting medical checks during the hiring process, including ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory standards, managing privacy and confidentiality of sensitive health information, and dealing with the cost and time implications of these checks. The complexity of interpreting medical information without medical expertise, varying requirements for different roles and regions, and the potential negative impact on candidate experience further complicate the process. Additionally, integrating medical checks into existing HR systems, keeping health information up to date, and addressing the unique challenges of international hires require meticulous management. Solutions like WorkPro streamline these processes by centralising the management of medical checks and other compliance requirements, thereby helping HR and recruitment teams efficiently navigate these challenges, maintain legal compliance, protect candidate privacy, and enhance the candidate experience.
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With remote recruitment and onboarding becoming more mainstream and digitised, have you thought about adopting additional assessments to validate the candidate’s fitness for work, and reducing risk for your organisation? We recently introduced and integrated an Employment Medical Check service into the WorkPro platform following client research and exploring trends in compliance checks for different markets. It got us asking questions to our partner about the trends they were uncovering, and the primary reasons they believed demand was increasing for medical checks. The fact that remote recruitment was on the rise was a key reason. Below are the top five reasons that our partner Jobfit shared with us as we become more attuned to understanding the complexity of medical checks: Identifying Any Potential Risks or Concerns Naturally, an employer wants to understand if a candidate is at risk of injury due to underlying medical conditions. Perhaps the candidate doesn’t know about an existing condition. Appropriate medical and health checks can mitigate any potential risks, optimise worker productivity and reduce workers' compensation claims/downtime. Ensuring The Candidate Is Fit for Work Whether it be industry-specific medical checks or a general screening, these checks are invaluable in making sure candidates are physically capable of the task or role. The removal of any questions or concerns is an enormous positive. Worker Health Has Never Been More Important If the last 18-24 months have shone a light on anything, it’s the importance of good worker health. Whether it be physical or mental health, ensuring your workforce is in good shape is absolutely paramount.
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