“Why do they want a blood sample from the spouses?”
That’s very odd. I worked for a city H.R. department, and the only mandatory drug testing was for employees. There was always testing for pre-employment health test. The second was random testing only for people in certain job classes in vehicle maintenance, etc.
I can’t believe spouse screening is OK, but in this nanny state, who knows?
If your spouse has HIV, don’t you think your health insurance company has the right to use that info in deciding the amount of your premium?
Thank you everyone for responding.
If I hear anything more after my wife’s friend has this meeting and they do these blood samples I’ll post it here.
In many ways I hate the paranoia that we’ve built up over the last 20 years or so. My personal first thought was that they were going to to do DNA checking for genetic diseases and use that as a reason to put the Employees on a ‘first to layoff’ list.
Take care and have yourselves a great day!