I Need a Mental Health Day! Handling ADA Accommodation Requests for Stress, Anxiety, and Mental Health
REPEATED FROM MONDAY AT 1:30pm
Employees have been under significant stress and anxiety since 2020, with mental health conditions more prevalent than ever and a heightened need for HR to properly handle more and unique accommodation requests under the ADA for things like mental health days, hybrid work, support animals, and more. This engaging and interactive session will analyze these and related issues, review legal and practical considerations involved, analyze specific accommodation scenarios, and provide fresh best practices for compliance.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the unique reasonable accommodation issues employers are presently facing with respect to employee anxiety, mental health, and psychological conditions.
- Understand both legal and practical considerations involved with these novel accommodation issues and scenarios.
- Identify and apply going forward fresh best compliance practices for handling these particular scenarios and related challenges under the ADA pertaining to mental health.
In-person session offerings are on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Mario R. Bordogna, Esquire
Mario Bordogna is a Partner in the Labor and Employment Practice at the law firm of Bowles Rice, LLP working with employers nationwide on the front end to keep them in legal compliance with labor and employment laws and on the back end if they need a strong and experienced litigation advocate. For 25 years, Mario has represented employers in sectors like health care, education, energy, hospitality, manufacturing, and others in the areas of HR/employment counseling, employment litigation, wage and hour, harassment, trade secret and non-competition matters, labor-management relations, accommodation, policy development and investigations, and much more.
Anne-Marie Welch, Esquire
Anne-Marie Welch is Member in Clark Hill’s Labor and Employment Practice Group, defending employers nationwide in claims alleging wrongful discharge, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and more. She also prosecutes/defends matters involving non-competition, non-solicitation, and confidentiality agreements.
To prevent lawsuits, Anne-Marie routinely conducts internal audits and advises management and HR regarding labor and employment law compliance and best practices. She also serves as a trainer and independent investigator for employers, especially in the higher education, automotive, manufacturing, and cannabis industries.
Anne-Marie is the Labor & Employment leader of the firm’s Automotive and Manufacturing Industry Team.