I just took a part time, remote position for a very small local non profit, doing high risk assessments for hospitals. Really great pay and part time hours from home. Great new side gig.
Soooo I’m doing the tedious onboarding (unpaid of course) and come across a medical form. I work full time in medical social work so was curious if the things they’re asking on this form are actually legal. I am relatively young and healthy so can honestly answer no. But if that were not the case would I have to legally share my medical history with them? Questions are like “are you diabetic?” “Have you ever had an MRI?” “Have you ever been hospitalized,” “have you ever had a head injury?” “Broken bone history?” Then it goes on for about 25 more medical questions and then the third page asks for history of workers comp claims, if you’ve ever missed a week of work for an illness. I’ve never had a workers comp claim so again can answer no but was just generally curious if an employer is legally able to ask that?