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Post-Offer Employment Testing

Making sure a new hire can safely do the job — before their first day.

Hiring the wrong fit for a physically demanding role doesn't just risk an injury — it risks turnover, lost productivity, and rising workers' comp costs. Post-Offer Employment Testing (POET) gives employers an objective, legally defensible way to confirm that a conditional new hire can safely perform the essential physical functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Every POET we design is built from an on-site Physical Demands Analysis (PDA) — a documented breakdown of the essential physical requirements of a specific job — and administered in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidelines.

How It Works

  • We complete an on-site Physical Demands Analysis (PDA) to identify the essential functions of a given job—including lifting, carrying, reaching, climbing, repetitive tasks, and more.
  • Using the PDA, we design a job-specific test that mirrors those essential functions.
  • After a conditional offer of employment has been extended, the candidate completes the test at one of our clinics.
  • A licensed therapist evaluates the candidate’s performance against the documented job demands.
  • The employer receives a clear pass/fail or met/unmet report, typically on the same day.

Beyond Hiring: Fit-for-Duty Testing

The same approach can be used for Fit-for-Duty Testing — confirming that a current employee can safely perform their essential job functions after an injury, a medical event, or a request for accommodation, or as part of a job transfer.

Why It Matters for Employers

Fewer OSHA-Recordable Incidents

Treating minor injuries early, under First Aid guidelines, keeps many issues off the OSHA log entirely.

Lower Workers' Comp Costs

Early intervention helps prevent small aches from escalating into formal claims, physician visits, and lost work time.

Fast, Direct Access

No waiting weeks for an occupational medicine appointment — employees are seen quickly, often within a day.

Clear Communication

Employers get straightforward updates on each case, so you always know where things stand.

The OccuPro Advantage

Powered by OccuPro

Body Balance's Post-Offer Employment Testing runs on OccuPro's POET software — the same platform trusted by thousands of testing locations nationwide. It delivers instant, one-page pass/fail reports that are clear and easy to read for HR teams and hiring managers, calculates adverse impact automatically (flagging results against the 4/5ths rule), and gives employers a simple dashboard to track results by job title over time. Employers get objective, data-backed answers fast — not a confusing clinical write-up.

Set Up Employment Testing

Already have a job description on file? We can often build your first test around it.