Lexology August 22, 2024
Real World Impact: This is the first in a series of Alerts that will provide guidance to employers on navigating the complicated mix of concerns that can arise when dealing with employee mental health issues.
Introduction: Over the past 10 to 15 years, U.S. employers have increasingly been encountering employee mental health issues that impact an employee’s ability to perform his/her job duties as expected and require some variety of reasonable accommodation. Navigating such mental health issues can be difficult on several levels – i.e., personal, professional, and operational. Complicating this landscape is the inherent relationship between mental health, addiction, suicide, and workplace violence, all of which have been trending in the wrong direction for some time.
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