Work requesting in depth medical info

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My workplace of 2 years has sent me a questionnaire on my health to include height, weight, smoking, alcohol intake, health conditions and prescribed medication.

This is not an Occupational Health request but will go to the manager via their PA.

I'm not at all happy to give this information. AIBU and any advice on how to respond to this???

I’d want to know their rationale…. but I would be refusing to provide this information anyway (I’m over 50 and have no qualms about telling my workplace to jog on when they get ridiculous -this falls into the ridiculous category!)

That would be a “fuck no” from me without good reason and who would have access to it and how it would be stored.

Is it for everyone or are you singled out for a reason and they are going about getting information clumsily?

Good question. I'm going to email some colleagues...

It is a very intrusive questionnaire

Whoa nope not a chance that I would be supplying that info.
What is their rationale here?

They must have given a reason,l fir asking?
Have you had a lot of sick leave?

But no, if the info is going to be seen by the world and his wife, then no one is having the info!

Sounds like something to do with life insurance cover. Could it be anything like that? Like a perk or something work provide?

These people seem to know nothing about GDPR.

What reason have they given for the request?

I just feel that my manager should not know all my medical information.

However by not completing it, it looks like I have sonething to hide

Sounds unreasonable. Ask why.

Fill in your name/staff number - the rest, leave blank and send it back.

If questioned, just remind your manager (or whichever cunt sent the form) that they are not your GP, or medically qualified and that you arent working in a health-setting environment and that you are under NO legal obligation to fill in that form, let alone divulge your personal information.

Thank you. I'd like to do this but want to have sone legal information to back it up

I worked somewhere that offered life insurance but only to non smokers. We had to fill out something similar to get access to it. I was only in my 20s but wasn’t too bothered about it.
this was years ago, probably wasn’t legal then, never mind now.

I thought so too. Maybe they are thinking about offering some sort of private health care insurance to employees. Which could be advantageous.

The question you ought to ask is your employer - and whether the form they have issued is legal.

Ten-to-the-dollar suggests it isn't otherwise it would be mandatory.

Why have they asked for it? I think knowing that would go some way to deciding whether they were reasonable or not.

If i were you, I'd just sweetly enquire what the purpose is of the questionnaire. Don't say you're not filling it in yet, just say "thanks for sending this over, before I complete it, can I just understand what this is for?"
Wait for their answer and then send it to HR as sensitive PII should not be sent to random PAs in any event

If it was insurance related, then It'd be a case of provide it direct to the provider on their portal, after hiring... not before via the employer, surely.

YANBU OP, I'd tell the requesting person I'm not willing to provide that information.

I would email back saying that as they aren't your Dr, you see no reason whatsoever for them to have access to this extremely personal information, you do not wish them to have this access and will not be providing the info.

You can follow up with questions as to why they want/need it, what they'll do and how they'll store it. There is no fucking way I'd give my info.

Definitely not this from my employer sadly. And even if it was, why should my line manager know every detail of my health?!

They are "HR" sadly. There's no separate HR dept

It’s really not normal for information like this to go direct to an employer and not to an occupational health provider.

I’d be looking for a new job as they sound like cowboys.

Ah OK, but still you can ask why

Thanks everyone for your advice. I sought some legal advice (through a proper source) and have asked for clarification on a number of points (many asked here). I've made clear that I feel this is an inappropriate request

I'm beginning to think the same sadly!