2nd September 2013, 02:12 PM
Jack Wrote:As a tangent, how about someone with a mild mental illness that means they don't understand social norms?
Interesting tangent...I am not sure what mental incapacity you are thinking of, but I guess it falls short of being diagnosed as a psychopath!!
But of course there are many shades as to what might constitute intimidation at work. For example. How about someone who was perfectly competent and actually even nice to everyone around them, but just happened to have a swaztika tattooed on their forehead (claiming that it was a youthful indiscretion they now regretted, but the tattoo remained).....or a Union Jack.....or Jesus Lives...or a naked woman tattooed on their arm? Or (as I think actually happened in the UK) an archaeologist who appeared competent at their job but whose 'outside life' just happened to include being an elected councillor for an extreme right-wing party....all of which might cause some degree of discomfort to a majority/minority of the rest of the staff.....Clearly there is no generic 'Equalities' policy which can cover every eccentricity of our lives.....each situation has to be decided on its merits and include consultation with those who have to work with or around the individual concerned
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