I am applying for a good job at a large factory, when I fill out the application, am I required to tell them..

wintercity

No, you are not required to. And, being hurt on the job probably wasn't your fault to begin with.

Rigo

It depends on state law, but generally it is illegal for any potential employer to question your health status or history.

united9198

If you are not now incapacitated in any way and the injury will not prevent you from doing the job, I would not volunteer the info. If asked, I would tell the truth by saying that you did get injured at a previous job, but that is no longer a factor.

KUJayhawksfan*

You are only required to tell them if it is asked on the application or you are asked in an interview. Other than that, keep your mouth shut!

Rocco R

An employer's questions-on the job application, in the interview, or even during a testing process-must be related to the job being applied for. If a question is not related to important or essential job duties, skills, and work behaviors and attributes, it should not be asked. Various federal, state and local laws regulate the questions a prospective employer can ask an applicant. Questions about religion, ancestry, marital or family status (including, for example, questions about maiden name or use of another name, which might reveal marital status), number and ages of dependents, and native language should not be included on application blanks. Such inquiries are prohibited in some states, and can be used against an employer to help prove discrimination.

To guard against discriminatory hiring decisions and discrimination claims, the kinds of questions asked of applicants on application forms and in interviews should be job-related. Federal, state, and local laws should be reviewed in advance so that unlawful preemployment inquiries are avoided, and, to the extent possible, questions should be designed to provide only the information that will be needed to determine an applicant's ability to perform the essential functions of the job in question.

leysarob

Usually they can get that information on their own. WC courts keep a database that employers can access about the basics of any claim.

Model Chick

If there is a question that asks that, then yes, but if not, then no, you don't have to answer.

Typically companies ask that because they want to determine their risks if they were to hire you, but really, I think that is illegal. They are trying to prevent insurance fraud, but that decision should be up to the workers comp carrier, if they use a different one then your previous employer then they wouldn't know about the injury anyway.

I know certain subjects are illegal to be asked, and that might be one of them, look up the laws in your area!!

Just be careful and stop hurting yourself, lol.

kapn

Don't ask Don't tell...

Tired of lies

OOPS, if they participate in Yahoo Answers-- you just let them know! Anyway, if it will effect your performance then inform them off the record , you will be penalized for a previous injury if something was to occur where you could have become hurt. It may effect your employment either way. Think twice!

Lara

not unless it specifically asks i should think

The Jobseeker's Coach

No.

You are not required to disclose this unless asked.

It's unlikely you will be asked.

This is a personal matter irrelevant to your suitability to the job.

Save Money Guide

I don't know about the States, but in the UK. we have an old saying - the truth will out!

Best of luck.

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