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Your potential employer can only ask questions about how your disability relates to doing the job and working safely. The employer can ask how you think the workplace could be changed to help you do the job. The employer can ask about how work hours or rosters could be changed to help you perform better in the role. The employer can ask questions about keeping the workplace safe for you and everyone else.
Your potential employer cannot ask you personal questions about your lifestyle. Your employer cannot ask you general questions about your health. Your employer cannot ask you general questions about your disability.
You have the right for your personal information to be kept private. Your employer cannot talk to anyone else about your disability without asking you first. If you think someone at work has not kept your personal details private, you have the right to complain.
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