Stefanie Yuen Thio was quoted in The Straits Times by Lee Li Ying, in an article about mental health awareness in the workplace. The article highlighted the improvement of attitudes towards mental health, but that the stigma at work still persists.

Stefanie is quoted addressing the new Workplace Fairness Bill passed in January, saying that mental health is the most challenging of all the protected characteristics. She added that while it is clearly not discrimination to not hire someone who is blind to be a pilot, it is difficult to assess the impact of a mental health condition when it is unseen.

It is even harder for an employer to assess if the performance of an employee will be significantly impacted by such a condition.

The article has been syndicated by Singapore Law Watch.