Fitness For Duty Assessments
(FFD)
Employees with mental health difficulties can have a profound effect on a company, impacting organizational safety, staff morale, and productivity. When potentially volatile situations arise, it is the employer’s responsibility to take corrective action.
​
If an employer has concerns about an employee’s capability to safely perform their job, the employer can request an assessment of the employee’s fitness for duty (FFD). ​
A fitness for duty psychological evaluation (FFD-PE) is a formal, specialized examination of an employee that results from...
Objective evidence that the employee may be unable to safely or effectively perform a defined job.
A reasonable basis for believing that the cause may be attributable to a psychological condition or impairment.
A post-work event that creates concern over the employee’s fitness for duty.
Our psychologists have forensic, public safety, and/or nuclear assessment and consultation backgrounds who take pride in offering objective opinions to help keep the individual, your workplace, and the public at large safe.
Warning Signs To Watch For
1
Threats, harassment, anger, excessive crying, mood swings
2
Repeated interpersonal conflict
3
Frequent errors, which could result in potentially dangerous outcomes
4
Signs of substance use
5
Excessive absences and tardiness
CA can assist you with your most complex FFD-PEs to protect workplace safety. As an experienced provider of independent medical evaluations, we have the tools to objectively assess an employee’s fitness for work, thereby guiding an employer to take appropriate action.