Mental Health Disabilities at Work

A Practical Guide for Employees, Employers and Unions

(Revised and expanded Second Edition)

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Mental Health Disabilities at Work: A Practical Guide for Employees, Employers and Unions (Second Edition)

By Dr. Mike Condra, Meryl Zisman Gary and Boris Bohuslawsky

Mental Health Disabilities at Work provides clear, authoritative guidance on the medical and legal issues arising from mental health concerns in the workplace.

Authored by a clinical psychologist, a human rights lawyer and a labour lawyer, Mental Health Disabilities at Work answers all of your questions, in practical and non-technical language, about mental health and mental illness in the workplace. Also covered are disability discrimination and the duty to accommodate, privacy rights and medical information relating to employees with mental health problems, and mental health crisis management.

The substantially revised and expanded Second Edition considers the most recent developments in health science and the law as well as their practical implications for workplace policies and procedures, including the latest research on trauma.

Features include: 

  • Concise coverage of 150 topics, organized in an easy-to-use question-and-answer format
  • Expert guidance tailored to the needs of employers, unions, and employees, supplemented by informative examples drawn from actual cases decided across Canada
  • Checklists and summary tables setting out key information, including possible accommodations for employees with particular symptoms and functional limitations
  • Useful sample forms, including a request for medical information, an employee medical questionnaire, and return-to-work and accommodation plans

Topics include: 

  • The relationship between the workplace and mental health
  • Commonly encountered mental illnesses and associated functional limitations
  • Recognizing the signs of mental illness
  • Reaching out to a co-worker who may have a mental health issue
  • Fulfilling the legal obligations of employers, employees and unions in the accommodation process
  • Obtaining medical information while respecting privacy rights
  • Developing an accommodation plan
  • Bona fide occupational requirements and the elements of undue hardship
  • Addressing substance use disorders, attendance problems, disability-related misconduct, and relapses
  • Appropriately managing leaves of absence and returns to work
  • Responding to mental health crises in the workplace, including the risk of violence
  • Ensuring psychological safety at work, and conducting investigations that recognize the effects of trauma

See What’s Inside: Table of Contents

See What’s Inside: Index to Questions and Answers