Back to Work: Mental Health Strategies for Return to Work
January 29th, 2025 11:00-12:00PM
Learn about accommodations, strategies, and pathways for supporting successful return to work after a mental health or stress leave—and for handling the mental health-related impacts of physical injuries and illness on return to work.
Disability management and return to work for employees off on mental health or stress leave may involve different accommodations than a broken arm or strained back. And even a physical injury may impact a worker’s mental health while they are off work, while the consideration of returning to work can create new anxieties.
Learn from industry and legal experts how regulatory changes passed under Bill 41 affect employers and workers dealing with stress and mental health-related challenges and impacts. Better understand your obligations as a worker, employer, or administrator of a return-to-work program.
By the end of the webinar, you will:
In this webinar you will learn
- Better understand what policy changes and updates are required by Bill 41 around duty to accommodate and duty to cooperate for employees experiencing stress and other mental health concerns.
- Understand the changes WorkSafeBC has put in place to meet the new requirements.
- Learn strategies to implement changes to your policies and programs.
- Take away resources and tools to help ensure compliance and improve the success of your return-to-work programs.
Presented By
Dr. Steve Conway PsyD MBA
Director of Leadership and Psychological Safety
Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC
Amanda Peck
Technical Claims Specialist
TeksMed Services Inc.
Teresa Cheung M.Sc, JD
Return to Work Services, Consultation and Education division
WorkSafeBC
Wayne Arondus
CEO
Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC
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