Bennett & Belfort, partner, David E. Belfort, along with MBA Labor and Employment Section Council Vice-Chair Attorney Meghan H. Slack, co-chaired a September 29, 2016, panel at the Massachusetts Bar Association entitled “Handling Psychiatric Disabilities in the Workplace.”
The panelists included, Attorney Laurence J. Donoghue of Morgan, Brown & Joy and Attorney Susan Fendell of the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee.
The lively discussion covered a wide range of topics impacting employees with psychiatric disabilities and their employers. The panelists debated wide ranging issues from hiring to separation, including reasonable accommodations, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and violence in the workplace.
