NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ACT, 2021

Section 13: Employment rights.

2021Section 13 of 58Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) A person with a mental health condition shall enjoy equal access to work and employment opportunities and shall have the right to receive remuneration for any work done, similar to that payable to a person without mental health condition.
(2) An employer shall not terminate the employment of a worker or otherwise deprive him of any benefit to which he is entitled merely on grounds of present or past mental health condition or while the worker is receiving treatment for the mental health condition.
(3) Where an employer has reasonable cause to believe that a worker is suffering from a mental health condition severe enough to affect the work output of the worker, the employer shall assist the worker to seek medical advice or treatment.

Cite this section

Section 13, NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH ACT, 2021 (2021).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/national-mental-health-act-2021/section/13/