The employer will not have to refer the employee to preliminary examinations - changes in 2015

The employer will not have to refer the employee to an initial medical examination, provided that the employee presents a medical certificate from the former employer that there are no contraindications to work. It is only important that the working environment factors of the previous employer are the same as those of the new employer, and the level of these factors in the working environment should be at least as in the new job.

Initial medical examinations - new rules

Initial medical examinations stating no contraindications to work are always subject to:

• new hires,

• juvenile workers transferred to other positions and workers transferred to workplaces where there are factors harmful to health or burdensome conditions.

The employer cannot admit the employee to work without a valid initial medical examination.

If an employee is employed who presents a medical certificate that there are no contraindications to work, the employer will not have to refer such an employee to preliminary medical examinations. This will only be possible if the working conditions of the new employer are comparable to those of the previous employer. In this case, the name of the position that the future employee will hold will not matter.

Upon starting work with a new employer, the employment contract should be concluded within 30 days from the termination or expiry of the previous contract, so that the recruited person does not have to be referred for preliminary medical examinations.

The exemption from the obligation to perform initial medical examinations will also apply to employees hired who are also employed by another employer.

Initial medical examinations - when the employer is not obliged to carry them out

The provisions of the labor law stipulate that persons recruited to work with the same employer for the same position or for a position with the same working conditions, under an employment contract concluded within 30 days after the termination or expiry of the previous contract, are also not subject to preliminary medical examinations. for a job with this employer.

Initial medical examinations - when will I not be eligible for exemption?

The exemption from preliminary medical examinations will not be available to persons employed by a new employer to perform particularly hazardous work. Work that is particularly dangerous is work that creates a high risk of accidents at work or occupational diseases. Such works include, inter alia, construction works, works at height or in conditions of exposure to factors harmful to health.