GMA SHRM HR Roundtable

Mental Health Accommodations in the Workplace

PROGRAM IS FULL

Wednesday, August 5, 2015
M3 Insurance

Presentation Description

Human Resources Professionals have become accustomed to accommodating employees with physical work restrictions. But what about employees with mental health diagnoses requiring accommodation? A new generation of workers is entering the workforce having been diagnosed with ADHD and other mental health diagnoses as school children. They are open with their diagnosis and have an expectation that they will receive accommodations in the workplace to succeed just as they have had in school. More adults are seeking treatment and counseling for mental health issues they may experience and they are also more aware of their rights. How have you been accommodating your workforce who has mental health diagnoses? 

Our Facilitators

Mary Jo Spiekerman, is Vice President of Human Resources at Hausmann-Johnson Insurance, Inc. in Madison. She leads the Human Resources Consulting Practice. She has over 20 years of management and human resources experience in the banking, insurance, healthcare and professional services industries. She is a graduate of Marion University of Fond du Lac with a degree in Business Administration and Human Relations. She is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources by the Human Resources Certification Institute, a Senior Certified Professional by the Society for Human Resources Management and a Managed Healthcare Professional by America’s Health Insurance Plans.
 
Tom O’Day is an attorney in the Labor & Employment and Health Care Practice Groups in the Madison office of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.  Tom provides counseling to private and public sector employers on the full range of human resource and employment law matters including the hiring and firing of employees, drafting and enforcing restrictive covenant agreements, litigating federal and state discrimination and wage claims, and drafting employment and severance agreements.  Tom’s experience involves cases before the Wisconsin Equal Rights Division, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, United States Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board, state courts and federal courts.  Tom also handles peer review and other physician discipline matters.  Tom earned his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
 
Greg Chism, MSW, LCSW, Director of Employee Assistance Program services of Family Service Madison

For more information contact:

GMA SHRM Management Team
2830 Agriculture Dr.
Madison, WI 53718
(608) 204-9814
fax (608) 204-9818
chapteradmin@gmashrm.org

Program Schedule subject to change.