DATA PROTECTION - 07.07.2020

ICO guidance on health checks

Health headaches. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued guidance on what you can and can’t do when checking your employees’ health status (see The next step ).

Staying safe. It covers carrying out testing to identify whether staff have coronavirus symptoms, e.g. temperature checks, and actual coronavirus testing. It also explains the legal position on testing, how you can fulfil your legal obligations, what information you can keep, what information you need to disclose to employees, such as what information you are collecting and how you will use it, and how to inform staff where a colleague tests positive for coronavirus.

For the ICO’s guidance for businesses on coronavirus health checks, visit http://tipsandadvice-business.co.uk/download (CD 21.20.08).

The Information Commissioner’s Office has produced guidance for employers on coronavirus testing. As well as health screening and testing, it explains how to handle health sensitive data and what you can do if a colleague tests positive for coronavirus.

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