diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js b/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js
index df747afbdb60a787bea1167ea43d342b525378c2..3de59eeeffe84facdca95cef37510e34334a42e7 100644
--- a/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ export const canMakeHERecommendation = (state, { collection, statuses }) => {
     1,
   )
 
-  if (!(statusImportance > 1 && statusImportance < 9)) return false
+  if (!(statusImportance > 1 && statusImportance < 10)) return false
 
   return true
 }
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ export const getFragmentReviewerRecommendations = (state, fragmentId) =>
   getFragmentRecommendations(state, fragmentId).filter(
     r => r.recommendationType === 'review',
   )
+
 const getFragmentEditorialComments = (state, fragmentId) =>
   getFragmentRecommendations(state, fragmentId).filter(
     r => r.recommendationType === 'editorRecommendation',
diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/contextualBoxes/HERecommendation.js b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/contextualBoxes/HERecommendation.js
index 877243b16fc5e34b2cc9b4ccb2593124c031624e..43e98348b6d55192ca3bb6e7267331e883aef3a5 100644
--- a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/contextualBoxes/HERecommendation.js
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/contextualBoxes/HERecommendation.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import { get, tail } from 'lodash'
+import { get, tail, findKey } from 'lodash'
 import { reduxForm } from 'redux-form'
 import styled from 'styled-components'
 import { th } from '@pubsweet/ui-toolkit'
@@ -46,6 +46,22 @@ const options = [
   },
 ]
 
+const optionsWhereHECanOnlyReject = {
+  reviewersInvited: 'reviewersInvited',
+  underReview: 'underReview',
+  revisionRequested: 'revisionRequested',
+}
+
+const showHEOptions = (collection, hasReviewerReports) => {
+  const { status, fragments } = collection
+  if (findKey(optionsWhereHECanOnlyReject, sts => sts === status)) {
+    return [options[1]]
+  } else if (hasReviewerReports || fragments.length) {
+    return options
+  }
+  return tail(options)
+}
+
 const parseFormValues = ({ recommendation, ...rest }) => {
   const comments = Object.entries(rest).map(([key, value]) => ({
     content: value,
@@ -65,6 +81,7 @@ const HERecommendation = ({
   handleSubmit,
   hasReviewerReports,
   highlight,
+  collection,
 }) => (
   <ContextualBox
     highlight={highlight}
@@ -82,7 +99,7 @@ const HERecommendation = ({
           <ValidatedField
             component={input => (
               <Menu
-                options={hasReviewerReports ? options : tail(options)}
+                options={showHEOptions(collection, hasReviewerReports)}
                 {...input}
               />
             )}
diff --git a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js
index 161ca3fb1f0049712b15026a6c3bd34e67c7451f..1c680f3a6465958fad65d5594aee5d9894f07e11 100644
--- a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js
+++ b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ const ManuscriptLayout = ({
         {isLatestVersion &&
           get(currentUser, 'permissions.canMakeHERecommendation', false) && (
             <HERecommendation
+              collection={collection}
               formValues={get(formValues, 'editorialRecommendation', {})}
               hasReviewerReports={reviewerRecommendations.length > 0}
               highlight={reviewerRecommendations.length > 0}