Greetings to All!! Wanted to understand an organization's policy towards hiring a candidate with some or the other behavioral disorder. If this disorder doesn't affect his job task as an employee, can an organization hire such?
Is there any law pertaining to the rights of such people where an interview panel rejects them if they found the candidate technically sound but has issues like an anxiety disorder or any mood disorders, etc.? How will an organization handle it with respect to employee groups and its success?
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Is there any law pertaining to the rights of such people where an interview panel rejects them if they found the candidate technically sound but has issues like an anxiety disorder or any mood disorders, etc.? How will an organization handle it with respect to employee groups and its success?
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Dear Lalit,
There are various types of mental disorders. From which type of disorder is the candidate suffering?
Will this position come in direct contact with the customers? Will the customer complain because of the abnormal behavior of the employee?
Every job requires accuracy, precision, reliability of the employee, etc. Will this employee demonstrate these qualities?
In the face of anxiety, will the employee create any harm?
Is the candidate male or female? If the former, then will the women employees be safe from him?
Please consider all the above points and then take a decision.
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar
From India, Bangalore
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8218There are various types of mental disorders. From which type of disorder is the candidate suffering?
Will this position come in direct contact with the customers? Will the customer complain because of the abnormal behavior of the employee?
Every job requires accuracy, precision, reliability of the employee, etc. Will this employee demonstrate these qualities?
In the face of anxiety, will the employee create any harm?
Is the candidate male or female? If the former, then will the women employees be safe from him?
Please consider all the above points and then take a decision.
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar
From India, Bangalore
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Hi, Lalit.
I understand that mental disorders are now becoming more common. If the employee is able to function without it affecting their performance, then treat them equally. If, in the future, the employee displays any signs or if there are situations adverse to "ideal" work situations for this particular category of employees, encourage a tie-up with a corporate counselor or psychologists who may be able to assist the employee in their tough times. Stress happens at various degrees, and as humans, we are subjected to different stress levels. Everyone has a different capacity to deal with it, but everyone also deserves respect.
Few examples of how companies in various sectors have helped such employees:
- One well-known Indian textile MNC has enlisted a few employees on payroll who displayed a history of mental disorders. They provided them with light work profiles and helped them shape a career for themselves. (This was between 2010-15, before the pandemic.)
- A startup in Bangalore has enlisted two such people dealing with insomnia and anxiety. One of them is on medication, and the other is under counseling. Both are considered assets and work as full-time employees for the media startup. Sometimes, they are given time off if they display erratic stress levels, which is not done purposefully. They are then exempted from attending the office on those days. (This is recent, from this year.)
Hope this helps.
From India, Ahmadabad
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I understand that mental disorders are now becoming more common. If the employee is able to function without it affecting their performance, then treat them equally. If, in the future, the employee displays any signs or if there are situations adverse to "ideal" work situations for this particular category of employees, encourage a tie-up with a corporate counselor or psychologists who may be able to assist the employee in their tough times. Stress happens at various degrees, and as humans, we are subjected to different stress levels. Everyone has a different capacity to deal with it, but everyone also deserves respect.
Few examples of how companies in various sectors have helped such employees:
- One well-known Indian textile MNC has enlisted a few employees on payroll who displayed a history of mental disorders. They provided them with light work profiles and helped them shape a career for themselves. (This was between 2010-15, before the pandemic.)
- A startup in Bangalore has enlisted two such people dealing with insomnia and anxiety. One of them is on medication, and the other is under counseling. Both are considered assets and work as full-time employees for the media startup. Sometimes, they are given time off if they display erratic stress levels, which is not done purposefully. They are then exempted from attending the office on those days. (This is recent, from this year.)
Hope this helps.
From India, Ahmadabad
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Hiring a candidate with some or other behavioral disorder is okay, provided you are convinced that the candidate has the required skills. It is better to hire him on a trial basis or on a 'Fixed-term contract' basis so that you can assess his performance skills. Teamworking and adjustment to work pressure can be monitored.
From India, Madras
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From India, Madras
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A direct reply,
No, there is no law in India that protects such persons from being rejected for employment in a private enterprise. In a government job, the rules may be different.
If he already has a job, he can be removed only after an inquiry and hearing, where it is proved that his mental illness affects the job or endangers others in the organization.
From India, Mumbai
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No, there is no law in India that protects such persons from being rejected for employment in a private enterprise. In a government job, the rules may be different.
If he already has a job, he can be removed only after an inquiry and hearing, where it is proved that his mental illness affects the job or endangers others in the organization.
From India, Mumbai
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