Mental illness and the workplace

Wheat et al. 1 state that the information in an occupational health assessment is available to the employer on the grounds that those carrying out the assessment are the staff of the employer and the disclosure forms are the property of the employer. This may be theoretically correct, but discourse to the employer without consent would attract sanctions from the medical regulatory bodies. In addition, disclosure absent legal action of sensitive medical information to the employer is against a code of practice of the Information Commissioner.

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