Testing to protect others, including drugs and alcohol

Summary The GDPR applies. Generally testing should be minimised and used only so far as justified. Health and safety reasons will normally b...

Covid 19: testing and notification

Diana Kloss discusses patient consent for Covid 19 tests and for reporting results to the employer, and requirements to report it to public ...

Health surveillance: Screening to protect the employee

Summary There are a number of statutory regulations that impose an obligation on the employer to undertake regular screening or health surve...

Age indirect discrimination

Summary Indirect discrimination is where someone isn’t treated less favourably because of their age as such (age direct discrimination), but...

Genetic screening

This is only rarely done at present in the UK in the workplace, and now banned in the US, with a few exceptions. The only possible justifica...