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It might be that the company has private health care for its staff.
OP - what sort of company is it?2014 Target;
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scooterchick wrote: »I'm sure employment law states that employers are only allowed to ask for relevant information and in this case BMI is clearly not relevant.
In your opinion.. .. The business may have a different opinion giving that they know far more about it than you do since you dont even work for them!:rotfl:When dealing with the CSA its important to note that it is commonly accepted as unfit for purpose, and by default this also means the staff are unfit for purpose.0 -
It's very strange to be asking such questions - especially as weight can fluctuate reasonably rapidly."One day I realised that when you are lying in your grave, it's no good saying, "I was too shy, too frightened."
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borders_dude wrote: »In your opinion.. .. The business may have a different opinion giving that they know far more about it than you do since you dont even work for them!:rotfl:
OP stated it's an office job. How many office jobs do you kow where BMI is relevant?0 -
I was asked for my height and weight when I applied for an admin job with the police, I suppose that's slightly different, but it was still 'just' an admin job.Grocery challenge - Nov: £52/£100
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scooterchick wrote: »OP stated it's an office job. How many office jobs do you kow where BMI is relevant?
It's relevant if you can't squeeze your bum in the chair."One day I realised that when you are lying in your grave, it's no good saying, "I was too shy, too frightened."
Because by then you've blown your chances. That's it."0 -
We have a guy at work who has a 'weight problem', we had to buy in a special chair for him. No joke. One that was designed to handle his weight.When dealing with the CSA its important to note that it is commonly accepted as unfit for purpose, and by default this also means the staff are unfit for purpose.0
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I worked in a building of 1000 people, only 2 of them were so large that special arrangements had to be made for them. As a whole I don't think the country is getting so obese that we have to start asking eveyrone who applies for a job their BMI in case a special chair is required. Or maybe I'm completely out of touch, are we getting so fat that normal office chairs aren't big enough? Do we need supersize chairs?0
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Can a company ask for your height and weight on an application form if it has nothing to do with your ability to do the job (an office job in this case)?
Can they ask it on a 'medical questionnaire' ?
I'm not sure if it can be asked (legally speaking) or not, but I've come across this before, though not in this country. In a well-known up-and-coming economy in which I once considered settling for life, it's commonplace for job applications to specify that they're only looking to interview attractive people (for jobs in which attractiveness has absolutely no bearing on ability to do the job). They also commonly advertise vacancies for "Western"-looking people also. i.e. no blacks, Asians, or other ethnic groups - counting out even the country's own host population.
Additionally, I saw a managers' job advertised in the Netherlands, for which the company (a well-known global chain) were specifically advertising for people of British/Irish descent to join their company...bearing in mind that the job role seemed to have absolutely nothing to do with Britain or Ireland.£1 / 50p 2011 holiday flight + hotel expenses = £98.50/£600
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scooterchick wrote: »I'm still not certain about the legality of such a questionairre for a staright forward office job. I'm sure employment law states that employers are only allowed to ask for relevant information and in this case BMI is clearly not relevant.
You keeping quoting 'employment law' scooterchick. Can you back this up with the relevant statute please?Gone ... or have I?0
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