Quick Details
Date | May 9, 6:00 PM ET Location | Hybrid
Presenter
- Jessica Golden Cortes, Partner, Labor + Employment
Session Overview
The COVID-19 pandemic accentuated sensitive, critical mental health issues—especially in the workplace. Workers and employers are grappling with shifting return to office policies and protocols while stress over concerns such as wellness, safety and childcare are having an unprecedented impact on mental health. This session directly addresses best practices for navigating the dramatic increase in employee mental health accommodation requests that employers are seeing as we emerge from the pandemic.
Key Discussion Points will include:
- Defining a mental health condition that requires workplace accommodation
- Relevant Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidance on mental health accommodations
- Examples of workplace accommodations to address mental health conditions
- Best practices for employers to address mental health accommodations
- Mental health parity concerns in benefits plans