Kelly Alarie

With the human rights, workers compensation rules, laws to protect our employees and new mental health laws, how are people leaders able to successfully manage disabilities. Workplace disabilities continue to rise in prevalence and length. This seminar can be 1 to 2 hours but would benefit from a full day of learning. The real medical definition of duty to accommodate. Review of the best practices such as Compensation laws and Canadian Mental Health Standards. Tips and tools of assisting you to return employees to work in a safe and timely manner. Utilize primary, secondary and tertiary interventions in managing disability in the workplace. Reviews of successfully managed disability cases including addiction How much is enough in ensuring due diligence to assist your employees back to work or not

As People Leaders we have to manage mental health issues in the workplace. As this is a very time consuming process, how can we be proactive as opposed to reactive? Take time to educate yourself to manage effectively.The StatsThe most common mental health disordersRecognizing the signs & symptomsMental Health First Aid Roles, responsibilities, legalities, best practicesInteractive focused workplace scenariosQuestions & Answers

Preventing and managing mental health issues in the workplace is a relatively new and difficult skill. Under the Health and Safety Act and the Canada Labour Code, this is law. How are successful companies doing this? This presentation will assist you in understanding mental illness and defining and refining your ability to successfully plan your detours through the ongoing construction of your policies. Included, in this seminar is the area of addictions. The mental health standards review Successful implementation in real life Areas where companies struggle ignore or prevent Getting buy-in from the top down