When may an employer ask questions about an applicant’s prior workers compensation claims or occupational injuries?
An employer may ask questions about an applicant’s prior workers compensation claims or occupational injuries after making a conditional offer of employment, but before employment has began, as long as it asks the same questions of all entering employees in the same job category. When may an employer require a medical examination of an applicant to obtain information about the existence or nature of prior occupational injuries? An employer may require a medical examination to obtain information about the existence or nature of an applicant’s prior occupational injuries after a conditional offer of employment has been made, but before employment has begun, as long as the employer requires all entering employees in the same job category to have a medical examination. Where an employer has already obtained basic medical information from all entering employees in a job category, the employer may require specific individuals to have follow-up medical examinations only if they are medicall
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