The use of digital technologies in pre-trip and post-trip medical examinations — the legal aspect

Abstract

One of the duties of an employee as a subject of labor legal relations is the obligation to undergo established pre-trip, pre-shift, and post-trip, post-shift medical examinations. The digitalization of all spheres of public life, the erasure of spatial boundaries, the development of artificial intelligence naturally change the procedure for conducting these types of medical examinations. The purpose of this article is to identify the main proposals for changing the procedure for carrying out these types of medical examinations, as well as to analyze their legality from the point of view of the current legislation. In the course of the study, the current legislation was analyzed, collisions, gaps and difficulties in its application by business entities were identified when organizing and conducting pre-shift, pre-trip and post-shift, post-trip medical examinations. The results of pilot studies and analysis of judicial practice on these issues are presented. The objects of research were the official websites of manufacturers of software and hardware systems used for conducting pre-shift, pre-trip and post-shift, post-trip medical examinations remotely. It is concluded that the remote method of conducting pre-trip, pre-shift, and post-trip, post-shift medical examinations does not comply with the law, as well as the need for administrative control over the quality of pre-trip, pre-shift, and post-trip, post-shift medical examinations.