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Accommodating Employees with Mental Health Disabilities in Higher Education

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT, April 23, 2015   |   Organized by: Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, with support from the Employer Assistance and Resource Network (EARN)

Description

Accommodating Employees with Mental Health Disabilities in Higher Education

Thursday, April 23, 2015
1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. EST
Cost:  Free
Format:  Webinar
Where: Online/Web-based
Sponsored By:  Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, with support from the Employer Assistance and Resource Network (EARN)

Description:
This webinar is being provided in coordination with the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium. Webinar Platform Logistics provided by the ODEP-funded Employer TA Center, located at The Viscardi Center.

In this webinar, participants will learn why, how and when to accommodate employees with mental health disabilities in the higher education employment setting. In addition to addressing the legal framework for the provision of such accommodations, speakers will provide practical guidance and strategies higher education HR professionals can use to respond confidently to reasonable accommodation requests from employees across all sectors of their institution and develop a well-planned process that will lead to sound decisions. Several real-life accommodation situations and solutions from colleges and universities across the country will also be presented.

Registration:  Deadline to Register - April 22, 2015  Click here to register.

The webinar is free. This webinar will offer closed captioning. Please note that you will receive the webinar link in your confirmation email after registering.

If you have questions regarding this webinar, please contact: Colet Mitchell at Mitchell.Colet@dol.gov.

Contact For More Information:
EARN
Phone: 855-275-3276 (toll free)
Email: Mitchell.Colet@dol.gov
Web: EARN Events Calendar
(http://www.askearn.org/m-events.cfm?show=day&CURRENTDATE=04%2023%202015)




Beth Loy, Ph.D.

Dr. Loy is a Principal Consultant with the Job Accommodation Network (JAN), a free consulting service funded by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy.

John D. Kemp, Esq.

John D. Kemp, Esq. is the President & CEO of The Viscardi Center, a network of non-profit organizations that provide a lifespan of services that educate, employ and empower children and adults with disabilities, based in Albertson, NY.

Registration Dates

April 01-22, 2015

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