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such as those employed for driving motor vehicles and those whose duties involve
working at heights.
Employees with a history of illness who are candidates for admission to the manual
workers Sickness Pay Scheme are also examined. It is Council policy that, as far as
possible, complete exclusion from the scheme shall be avoided, and accordingly in the
majority of cases, candidates are accepted subject to benefit not being payable for
absence due to any specified disability from which they were suffering at the time of
examination.
As a requirement of the Department of Education and Science, all teachers not
previously employed as such by a local education authority in the United Kingdom, and
all students residing in the Borough who are for admission to a college of education,
attend for a medical examination.
Certain candidates are required to attend for a chest x-ray unless they have written
evidence of a satisfactory x-ray resul t during the twelve months preceding their
appointment. Staff who come into this category are those whose work in schools or
otherwise involve contact with groups of children, those who cook or serve food and
those employed as home helps.
At the request of the Chief Officer concerned, a medical examination is arranged
for any staff about whom there is doubt as to their medical fitness to continue employment.
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