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Presented by:  Patricia Eyres, Managing Partner, Eyres Law Group

Coping with Mood Disorders, Anxiety and Depression: Keys to Keeping up with Leave and Accommodation Requests and Recognizing the Impact of Workplace Retaliation with Claims of Mental Distress

In today’s environment, it is critical that HR professionals and managers know how to spot and legally address the performance triumphs and challenges for workers with mental conditions. This is prevalent and encompasses both non-COVID and COVID 19 impacts on mental health.  

It is increasingly apparent that many mental health and mood disorders stem from actual or perceived acts of retaliation in the workplace. Many of those claims are actionable; others involve allegations that are difficult to defend against. It is critical to recognize the impact of retaliation or reprisals actions and claims on mental health and morale.  The webcast will begin with a comprehensive update of the law, policy and process relating to retaliation in the workplace, including actions and claims for retaliation due to safety complaints about PPE or workplace COVID protocols, as well as employees taking leaves or requesting accommodations.  

Additional topics:  

1. The types of symptoms employees with mood disorders and other mental conditions may exhibit,  
2. How to handle behaviors that may be part of an employee’s mood disorder, social pragmatic communication disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, or attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder.  
3. Handling episodic fatigue or loss of focus from COVID 19 anxieties.  
4. Tips for front-line supervisors to help employees perform essential functions when fatigue, concentration, short term memory, or other cognitive functioning is impacted by a condition or medication.  
5. How to master day-to-day challenges when workers need help handling stress or keeping emotions.  
6. How to handle stress and anxiety claims: both WC claims and non-industrial in the context of a separate complaint for harassment, retaliation or bullying  
7. Disciplinary actions for conduct in the context of “my disability made me do it”

Need More Info or Help?
We hope you can join us. Feel free to contact Doug McGill for more details.

Phone: 916-850-7300
Email: dmcgill@csac-eia.org