Pre-employment medical

Pedanticnerd

Can you fail a pre-employment medical due to depression? If you are on prescription medication and know that you can do the job in question can they use it against you?

coylemj

You might say that you can do the job in question, the prospective employer and his medical adviser may say differently, there isn't much you can do about it.

You haven't acquired any employment rights since you haven't started in the job so they can decline your application and claim it was for all sorts of reasons, you don't have much of a case against them if they refuse you the job because they can fall back on any one or more of umpteen reasons and avoid the one about depression since that could be construed as discrimination based on a disability.

Delancey

Some employers require an applicant who has a history of depression to be medication-free for a certain period prior to starting the job.

Victor

I think it will depend on the job and the level and type of depression and what triggers exist.

Certain high-stress employments might be unsuited to some individuals, but other jobs might suit them perfectly.

Rodin

Pedanticnerd wrote: »

Can you fail a pre-employment medical due to depression? If you are on prescription medication and know that you can do the job in question can they use it against you?

whats the job?