Managing Mental Health Disabilities in the Workplace | GableGotwals

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 | Recent studies reveal an alarming number of Americans—about 61.5 million or one in four adults—suffer a mental health impairment. There has been a surge in the number of charges of mental health disability discrimination resulting in the EEOC recovered about $20 million from employers for people with mental health conditions who claimed they were denied employment or job accommodations in violation of the ADA in 2016 alone. This employment attorneys Chris Thrutchley and Lauren Oldham will cover the EEOC guidelines on applicant and employee rights, steps employers can take to ensure managers comply with ADA and reasonable accommodations when an employee with a mental health impairment asks for help.