“A bank requires its would-be recruits and some of its existing employees to undergo a medical. It sends them to the home of one particular, self-employed doctor. There, they undergo a medical examination, unaccompanied by anyone from the bank. The doctor completes the bank’s proforma examination form, headed with its logo and entitled ‘Barclays Confidential Medical Report’. The form is detailed. It includes sections on chest ‘Inspiration’ and ‘Expiration’, ‘Abdomen (including Genito-Urinary System)’. It contains a section for ‘Female applicants only’, asking whether they have suffered from menstrual or pregnancy disorders …” (more)
[Jim Duffy, UK Human Rights Blog, 24 July]
First posted 2018-07-24 14:06:29
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