New Employee Health Checks: Should We Choose the Clinic or Let Them Decide?

Dear All,

I work for a manufacturing company, and recently, there is a policy of requiring new employees to undergo a medical health check-up upon joining the company. There is a discussion on whether the employee should obtain their own independent report and submit it to the company or if the company should nominate a medical center where employees can go and get the health check-up done.

Please suggest which method we should proceed with.

Hello amitaggarwal,

Imran is right. But it all depends on who you are asking regarding the 'good' method. If you ask the new employee, he/she will say getting the medical report himself/herself is good, since there is every scope to produce a cooked-up report :-)

Since you represent the company, you need to take care of the company's interests. So having a Medical Panel on the company's rolls is better—since that way you would have complete control over the type of tests to be conducted & the overall report. The type of medical tests to be conducted again depends on your manufacturing activity—for example, chemical industries may need to have more respiratory-related tests. Also, if you have any Employee Medical Insurance paid by the company, these test results will become more important.

Regards,
TS

Hi,

It also depends on the size of the company because for major companies, normally you may not be in a position to finalize the candidate on the same day of the interview. Hence, you have to call the candidate once again for a medical examination if you restrict to one or two diagnostic centers.

Normally, major companies will identify/tie-up with big diagnostic centers or hospitals that have branches all over India. Once the candidate is selected, the HR people will send the pre-employment medical examination sheet to the candidate through courier or email, asking them to get the examination done at the diagnostic center/hospital where they have tie-ups. The bill will be paid directly by the company or will reimburse the amount at the time of joining.

It is better for the company to ask the candidate to complete the formalities in the identified/listed or prominent places rather than leaving it to the candidates.

Regards - Kamesh