About the psychological testing center

It would be inappropriate for this website to provide legal advice, this for definitive information about employment law, you should consult a legal expert.

In General, what an employer can ask or an employee is determined by the contract of employment, although a contract cannot usally overrule legal rights and requirements under employment law.

You should have received a written copy of your contract and any staff handbook of company policies and procedures.

It would usually be expected that an employee complies with the employer’s process such as staff appraisal and development. Refusal could have the disciplinary procedure.

Resolving Concerns

If you have concerns that the testing is being used unfairly – particularly in making important decisions such as redundancy or promotion – you may be able to take a legal challenge through an employment tribunal.

If you have concerns about the way tests are being used in your organization, you should try to discuss these with your manager, someone from the HR department, or the external consultant.

Whenever you are asked to complete a test or questionnaire, you should receive a clear explanation of what the test is, why it is being used and what will happen with the results.

You can search the register of qualifications in test use (rqtu) to see whether the person administering the tests has an appropriate qualification.

A chartered psychologist could provide advice on whether the particular tests and the way they are being used are appropriate. This site provides reviews of many different tests, although these are written for qualified test users and do require some technical knowledge to fully understand.

It’s always good practice in any testing process to provide participants with feedback on their results.

Where these are hero on file, you can make a subject access request under the data protection act to see the results if your employer refuses to provide feedback on request.

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