Can Employer Ask Family Medical History

Employer Background Checks and Your Rights

https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/employer-background-checks-your-rights

What Employers Can Ask About Your Background. When employers ask you about your background, they must ask you the same questions they ask every other applicant — regardless of your race, national origin, color, sex (including pregnancy, …

Employers and Health Information in the Workplace

https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-individuals/employers-health-information-workplace/index.html

The Rule does protect your medical or health plan records if you are a patient of the provider or a member of the health plan. Requests from your employer. Your employer …

Background Checks: What Job Applicants and …

https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/background-checks-what-job-applicants-and-employees-should-know

Pre-Employment Inquiries and Medical Questions

https://www.eeoc.gov/pre-employment-inquiries-and-medical-questions-examinations

An employer may ask a job applicant whether they can perform the job and how they would perform the job. The law allows an employer to condition a job offer on the applicant …

Employers Cannot Ask Their Employees to Provide Family …

https://www.hq-law.com/blog/employment-law/employers-cannot-ask-their-employees-to-provide-family-medical-history/

On January 13, 2014, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), announced the resolution of a lawsuit it brought against a New York nursing and …

When Can Employers Ask For Medical Records? - The Spitz Law …

https://www.calltherightattorney.com/blog/2022/03/when-can-employers-ask-for-medical-records/

However, the employer can only ask medical and disability related questions and conduct medical examinations at this point if the employer consistently …

When Can My Employer Ask Me for Medical Information or a …

https://spigglelaw.com/can-employer-ask-medical-information-doctors-note/

A smart employer will ask you for medical information or a doctor’s note only when absolutely necessary. It’s not in the employer’s interest to know a lot of medical …

Employers, GINA, and Family Medical History

https://canons.sog.unc.edu/2011/09/employers-gina-and-family-medical-history/

Under the ADA, the employer has been entitled to make wide-ranging medical inquiries. Now with GINA, however, the employer may not inquire about genetic …

Hiring a New Employee: Can You Ask for a Medical …

https://behallaw.com/hiring-a-new-employee-can-you-ask-for-a-medical-history/

The Act prohibits employers from asking a job candidate for any type of medical history before making a formal offer of employment. This includes asking any …

Can my employer ask me for my medical history? - Fair Measures

https://www.fairmeasures.com/can-my-employer-ask-me-for-my-medical-history/

My employer is asking everyone to complete a Medical History Questionnaire, asking about surgeries, injuries, mental or chronic illness. Do we have to comply with this request?