fitness for duty
Job capability status
Fitness for duty is an employee's physical and mental capacity to perform job requirements safely and effectively.
The term appears most often in contexts involving safety-sensitive positions—pilots, medical professionals, heavy equipment operators—where impairment poses serious risks.
Fitness-for-duty evaluations may be triggered by observed behavior, accidents, or return from medical leave: He was cleared to return after a fitness-for-duty assessment.
- capableHaving required skills
- readySuitable for use now
- good to goFully prepared, cleared
- competentSufficiently able, qualified
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
assessment · evaluation · drug test · medical · mental · mental health · physical · alert · sober · rested · qualified · certification · screening · shift · workplace · on the job · safety · exam
- Military Mental HealthPTSD, combat stress, combat trauma, shell shock, battle fatigue
- Return to Workreinstatement, reintegration, back to office, medical clearance
- workplace addictionsubstance abuse, alcohol abuse, employee assistance, drug testing, drug policy
- workplace healthnurse station, first aid room, occupational therapy, health screening, OSHA
- occupational healthworkplace safety, occupational health, workplace injuries, OSHA compliance, safety training
- workplace safetyworkplace safety, PPE, safety standards, worker safety, goggles
fitness for dutyincapacity
Lack of ability
disqualification · incompetence · disability · unsuitability · ineligibility
fitness for dutyimpairment
Diminished function or capacity
incapacitation · intoxication · inebriation · mental incapacity · cognitive impairment
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