Labour Hire & Recruitment

Pre-employment medicals at labour hire speed.

Every placement carries your duty of care as well as the host’s. Medrisk assesses each candidate against the inherent requirements of the host role, puts the responses in front of an occupational health doctor, and returns a signed determination in hours, not days.

What should a labour hire provider assess before placement?

Whether the candidate can safely perform the inherent requirements of the specific host role: the physical tasks, the shift pattern, the working environment and any exposures it carries. Under Australian WHS law, a labour hire provider and its host each hold the primary duty of care for the same worker, and neither can transfer it. A documented, role-mapped assessment before placement is evidence of how the provider identified and managed that risk before the worker walked on site.

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What should a labour hire provider assess before placement?

Whether the candidate can safely perform the inherent requirements of the specific host role: the physical tasks, the shift pattern, the working environment and any exposures it carries. Under Australian WHS law, a labour hire provider and its host each hold the primary duty of care for the same worker, and neither can transfer it. A documented, role-mapped assessment before placement is evidence of how the provider identified and managed that risk before the worker walked on site.

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Two PCBUs, one worker, the same duty

The model WHS Act places the primary duty of care on every PCBU in the arrangement. For labour hire that means the provider and the host both owe the worker the full duty at the same time, and the Act prevents either from contracting out of it. Labour hire licensing schemes in Queensland, Victoria and South Australia also require providers to show they can meet their obligations to workers. Where a placement later becomes a claim, the disclosure provisions in workers compensation legislation favour employers who asked the right questions in writing before engagement, unpacked in full on the pre-employment medicals page.

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Two PCBUs, one worker, the same duty

The model WHS Act places the primary duty of care on every PCBU in the arrangement. For labour hire that means the provider and the host both owe the worker the full duty at the same time, and the Act prevents either from contracting out of it. Labour hire licensing schemes in Queensland, Victoria and South Australia also require providers to show they can meet their obligations to workers. Where a placement later becomes a claim, the disclosure provisions in workers compensation legislation favour employers who asked the right questions in writing before engagement, unpacked in full on the pre-employment medicals page.

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Built for placement volume

Send assessments in bulk from the dashboard. Candidates complete a role-specific assessment on their phone in under 30 minutes, guided by automated SMS and email workflows, with integrated identity verification and digitally recorded consent. Assessments run in the candidate’s preferred language, with responses translated for doctor review. Every outcome returns as a structured one-page report you can put in front of the host, backed by a complete request-to-result audit trail.

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Built for placement volume

Send assessments in bulk from the dashboard. Candidates complete a role-specific assessment on their phone in under 30 minutes, guided by automated SMS and email workflows, with integrated identity verification and digitally recorded consent. Assessments run in the candidate’s preferred language, with responses translated for doctor review. Every outcome returns as a structured one-page report you can put in front of the host, backed by a complete request-to-result audit trail.

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Hours, not days, at a fraction of clinic cost

A clinic means appointments, travel and days of waiting while the host’s start date slips. Medrisk assessments are completed digitally the day they are sent and determined by an occupational health doctor within hours. National coverage across Australia and New Zealand, with no appointments and no cancellation fees.

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Hours, not days, at a fraction of clinic cost

A clinic means appointments, travel and days of waiting while the host’s start date slips. Medrisk assessments are completed digitally the day they are sent and determined by an occupational health doctor within hours. National coverage across Australia and New Zealand, with no appointments and no cancellation fees.

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Role-mapped for the placements you actually make

One provider rarely places one kind of worker. Each Medrisk assessment is built dynamically from the host role’s documented requirements, so a pick packer, a process worker and a receptionist are never assessed against the same generic template.



Placement

What the assessment weighs

Warehouse

Manual task capacity, shift and night work, fatigue, and medications relevant to forklift and other safety-critical duties

Factory

Repetitive manual tasks, rotating shifts, noise and dust exposures, allergies and sensitivities

Retail

The psychosocial demands of public-facing work, extended trading hours, sustained standing

Office

Screen-based and sedentary demands, job demands and other psychosocial factors

Drivers

Fatigue, shift work, medications, and the public-risk profile of road work

See exactly what your team receives. Download a sample risk assessment report with the risk rating, module outcomes, doctor notes and flagged questions.

FAQ

Any questions?

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What is a pre-employment medical for labour hire?

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Who holds the WHS duty for an on-hired worker?

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Can we share the outcome with our host?

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How fast are results returned?

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Does Medrisk cover statutory scheme medicals?

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Can assessments run across Australia and New Zealand?

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Defensible placements, at placement speed

See an assessment built from one of your host roles: documented requirements, doctor determination, and a one-page report you can stand behind.

Get Started

Defensible placements, at placement speed

See an assessment built from one of your host roles: documented requirements, doctor determination, and a one-page report you can stand behind.

Get Started

Defensible placements, at placement speed

See an assessment built from one of your host roles: documented requirements, doctor determination, and a one-page report you can stand behind.