EEO3 | Addressing Mental Disabilities and Impairments in the Federal Workplace
Wednesday, August 18, 2021: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Speaker(s)
Description
Workplace issues related to psychiatric disabilities can be difficult to address. Debra D’Agostino and Kendra Duckworth Shock will tackle how agencies should respond to federal employees diagnosed with or showing signs of mental health disabilities. Topics covered will include determining essential job functions and effective reasonable accommodations, as well as how to respond when mental health is raised as a mitigating factor to proposed discipline or as an affirmative defense to an adverse action.
Track(s)
Learning Objectives
-Know how management and HR should respond to employees who reveal a mental health related diagnosis or who demonstrate signs of possible mental illness
-Understand how mental health impairments could impact the disciplinary process
-Learn best practices for approaching federal employees who are hesitant to seek mental health treatment for various reasons
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