What is a pre-employment assessment?

It is used as a baseline health assessment for a worker before they enter a role with an employer. The examination assists with risk management and identifies whether a worker is medically suitable in the role in which they are applying.

Why your organisation should use them?

While a pre-employment assessment SHOULD be one of the first factors taken into consideration by every employer, its importance is often underestimated as they can be perceived as a costly option opposed to other essential exercises.

However, if ignored, organisations can end up paying much more in compensation payments or losing valuable workplace productivity.

So what are the benefits?

• A healthy workforce = better workplace productivity: carrying out functional screening or assessments ensures applicants are healthy and able to perform requirements of the specific role. This enhances the organisations ability to hire candidates with  attributes that increase their effectiveness at work, and align with company values.

• Risk management: determines whether a potential employee is functioning normally and won’t develop any complications in the course of their employment. This reduces the risk of workers compensation payments and lost productivity.

• Drug and alcohol checks: determining a person’s drug and alcohol problem as early as during the employment process can help you avert problems like lawsuits from the victims’ loved ones and ensure general safety and well being of others at your organisation.

• Safeguard the health of the general public: law dictates that you should not allow applications from people ailing from communicable diseases. However, there's a thin line between rejecting applicants on the basis of perpetuation of public safety and discriminating, so caution should be taken.

At Recovery Partners, our team is dedicated to providing accurate, nationwide pre-employment assessments for a range of industries.

If you're interested, you can enquire online here.

Alternatively, our consultants love to have a chat, so give us a call on 1300 OHS RTW.