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When an employer orders a psychiatric examination
Forced psychiatric fitness-for-duty exams of employees in conflict with managers; 1978 House subcommittee finding of retaliatory use; MSPB surveys 1992–2010
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International comparison register · Batch 1
- Country / period
- United States (federal)
- Mechanism
- Forced psychiatric fitness-for-duty exams of employees in conflict with managers; 1978 House subcommittee finding of retaliatory use; MSPB surveys 1992–2010
- Documentation and status
- VERIFIED (secondary): Federal Times/MSPB
- Similarity to California
- Threat of evaluation as workplace deterrent, with survey evidence of chill
- Difference from California
- Evaluation rather than detention; regulated by OPM rules
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Reference and provenance
1978-US-FITNESS-FOR-DUTY