Navigating Self-Advocacy With ADHD in the Workplace
Fighting for the opportunities and rights to which you are entitled is not easy but, in the end, it is a necessary and worthwhile endeavor.
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How to Ease Return-to-Office Anxiety
Before you attempt to support returning employees’ anxieties, it’s important to first understand what exactly they are feeling anxious about.
A Man Won a Lawsuit for an Unwanted Office Birthday Party: What it Means for Workplace Discrimination
Like the infamous McDonald’s hot coffee lawsuit, this is one of those cases that leaves an absurd first impression but earns sympathy when its details are explored. In April, a jury awarded a man $450,000 after he sued his former employer for throwing him a birthday party at work. However, there is more to the …
The Importance of Providing Mental Health Days for Your Team
With nearly 1 in 5 American adults being diagnosed with a mental health condition each year, introducing Mental Health Days in the workplace could, in theory, benefit around 20% of your employees. Although most workplaces agree that employee wellbeing is essential, there is still some uncertainty around the concept of ‘Mental Health Days’; from employers …
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It’s Time For Mandated Maternity and Paternity Leave
Ask any parent and they’ll tell you that having a child changes everything. It shifts your priorities. It changes the way you look at life, the world, and your place in it. Unfortunately, though, not all employers are willing to accommodate the many profound transformations that occur when an employee becomes a parent — and …
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3 Ways Employers Can Support Worker’s Mental Health When Working Remotely
As millions of people around the world have discovered in recent years, working remotely can pose all sorts of challenges in both our professional and personal lives. Not only have workers had to contend with a new schedule and environment, but also the mental health impacts that have arisen as a result of this alien …
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Mental Health at Work and Appropriate Adjustments Managers Should Make
Mental health in the workplace has, in recent years, become a priority for employers. Many organizations are fighting the stigmas of mental health through training programs and reasonable adjustments in the workplace, ensuring those struggling with their mental health receive the required support. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 5 …
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Working at Home Accidents – Who is Liable?
In many countries, the number of people working from home has doubled since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic. While many businesses take reasonable care and responsibility for their employees’ safety in the workplace, many are asking what the regulations are for remote workers. In this article, we will be discussing accidents when working at …
Addressing Mental Health in the Workforce
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. After fifteen months of the COVID-19 pandemic – which has placed unprecedented stress on Americans dealing with isolation and fear, while juggling closed schools and businesses, homeschooling children, working from home, and economic uncertainty, including ensuring basic necessities – Americans are struggling to recover. One study published by the …
Mental Health at the Workplace – What You Need to
The stigma that has once surrounded mental health issues is slowly beginning to lift. Fortunately, celebrities and online influencers continue to step out and speak up about their experiences with depression, anxiety, PTSD, and other mental health challenges. But what of the people who are working at jobs that are not exposed to the media? …
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