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Overview
Why You Should Attend
Few days go by without news about macro-economic developments, geopolitical strife, corporate reorganizations, and technological advances impacting our workplaces. These changes affect operations generally and employees from the shop floor to the C-Suite, to different degrees and in varying ways. In response, understanding the role psychological issues play in the genesis, prosecution and defense of employment law claims is critical for employee rights and defense attorneys alike.
This program will address in a clear and pragmatic way key employment law issues at the intersection of law and psychology. Harassment, discrimination and retaliation claims, among others, are profoundly impacted by the range of emotions that motivate employees and employers. So, too, are frequent claims involving disabilities and failure to accommodate. This program brings together a representative of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, prominent practitioners from the employee rights and management bars, in-house counsel, and psychiatrists and psychologists to address the creation and litigation of today’s employment law claims. They will identify key legal issues and ways in which psychological factors influence the employees, managers and employers engaged in conflict. Speakers will transcend jargon, identify practical ways of working together, and describe effective strategies to avoid, pursue and resolve litigation.
Additionally, this program will focus on the significance of diversity, inclusion and elimination of bias against attorneys who are neurodivergent, and attorneys with secondary trauma and mental disabilities. Studies reveal that neurodivergent people are often misunderstood in the workplace. Other studies show that attorneys experience high rates of mental health challenges. Given the stress inherent in many legal practices, this program will focus on the challenges facing attorneys who are neurodivergent or experiencing secondary trauma or a mental disability.
Employment lawyers often work with mental health professionals, sometimes aligned and at other times adverse. Our legal and psychiatric experts will also consider the ethical and professional responsibilities of attorneys and mental health professionals (forensic and treating) when they are involved in employment litigation. Our panelists will discuss ethical tips and traps when employment lawyers and mental health professionals engage in discovery of psychiatric records, mental examinations, and depositions and trial testimony from expert and treating therapists.
What You Will Learn
After completing this program, participants will be able to:
- Understand the EEOC’s, plaintiffs and defense bar’s perspective on the latest employment law claims and the role of mental health professionals in litigation
- Understand the law on reasonable accommodations for employees struggling with mental disabilities, including depression and anxiety
- Recognize the challenges faced by lawyers who are neurodivergent or have a mental disability or secondary trauma
- Identify the ethical issues that arise when working with psychiatrists, psychologists and psychological testing in the evaluation of employees and in employment litigation
Who Should Attend
In-house employment and labor counsel, outside counsel for employees and employers, human resources executives, and forensic mental health professionals will benefit from this program.
Special Features:
- Convenient half-day program format
- Earn up to 1 hour of Ethics credit
- Earn up to 1.5 hour DE&I credit
Program Level: Basic
Prerequisites: An interest in employment law, the role of emotional factors in the creation and resolution of workplace disputes, and the ways in which attorneys and mental health professionals interact.
Advanced Preparation: None