Safety
Reasonable Accommodations for Mental Health in the Workplace
The process of accommodating mental health issues is an interactive one between employer and employee. Both need to understand the employee’s limitations and needs to best address them.
By Jenny Haykin
December 1, 2021
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by Jenny Haykin
After working for several years as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, Jenny Haykin, M.A., CRC, obtained a master’s degree in human resources development to focus her career on stay-at-work and return-to-work programming. The programs she has developed for employers in the Seattle area over the past 20 years have earned multiple national recognitions. She utilizes stay-at-work and return-to-work as the drivers of disability management and program integration. Her current responsibilities include oversight of PSE’s leaves, Workers’ Compensation, disability benefits, accommodations, Employee Assistance Program, medical case management, fitness for duty and ergonomics for medical issues programs. Jenny is a writer and international speaker on the topic of mental health in the workplace who has been quoted in news stories by CBS, the Wall Street Journal and other publications. She has been a contributor to projects with organizations such as the US Department of Health & Human Services, The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and the Center for Workplace Mental Health.
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