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Employers are seeing more mental health issues in their workforce than ever before. Each year 1 in 5 adults is stricken with a mental illness (National Institute of Mental health), making mental illness an everyday reality for many of your employees. Yet, only 1 in 3 people seek help with their illness. The ADA, HIPPA, FMLA and most states’ human/civil rights department dictate how employers deal with employees’ with mental health problems. Privacy laws create challenges for employers to determine how serious a situation is and whether an employee poses a danger (though those with a mental illness pose no more risk of violence than those without a mental illness).

Those individuals with depressions have 2.5 times the risk of on the job injury. Workplace depression results in 200 million lost days annually. The disease is common, debilitating, and the number one cause of disability worldwide. Employers lose an estimated $52 billion annually in loss of productivity and insurance payments.

These are your employees—What are your responsibilities as a manager or HR professional in recognizing and helping them? How can you ensure your organization’s climate is a safe and healthy place rather than a climate that might exacerbate poor mental health? Join expert Dr. Susan Strauss to look into all these issues and and help you create a safe and healthy workplace for your employees .

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Construction projects entail considerable risk. Profit margins are relatively low when compared to the investment made, and often estimates of cost can only be based on best guesses. Therefore, it is critical to manage and minimize the exposure to risk. Fortunately, there are several opportunities in the life of a project that allow for significant risk management. These opportunities start with the decision of whether or not to bid, and following through to the bidding, subcontracting, and management phases.

In this webinar Expert Speaker Fritz Marth will explore the risk management strategies that can be employed at the various times, and in the various aspects, of a construction project. Using real-life examples, Speaker will also explore the successful implementation of these methods, as well as instances where a failure to manage risk resulted in unsuccessful outcomes.

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GMO labeling is a controversial topic and there have been many different approaches to GMO labeling, with individual states attempting to have their own labeling laws. Finally, a federal law was passed last year that preempts state laws, but there are still some unresolved issues that will be addressed in this audio conference.

This session by expert speaker Norma Skolnik will discuss how to effectively label products with GMO ingredients and still comply with regulatory requirements. It will also cover what to expect when the July 2018 USDA regulations will be issued. Norma will provide you with references to all relevant FDA regulations, guidance documents, and FDA websites for GMO labeling. You will also gain regulatory insights and will learn about the FDA contacts and know-how tips.

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The entirety of Section 504 is comprised of one sentence: "No otherwise qualified person with a disability in the United States...shall, solely by reason of...disability, be denied the benefits of, be excluded from participating in, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance." But what does this mean in the practical context of a post-secondary education, and what is expected of schools? Since the implementation of Section 504 and, later, the ADA, courts have been busy analyzing the language and deciding student disability rights issues.

In this session, Erin D. Gilsbach, Esq. examines 10 prominent court cases that provide an expansive look at the legal expectations of student disability rights at postsecondary institutions. Through this process, she breaks down the key components of nondiscrimination and provides helpful tips on what it takes for postsecondary programs to pass muster under Section 504 and the ADA.

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