Event Venue and Description: Howells Solicitors, Bridge Street, Sheffield

Business owners who have a solution focused approach to managing and maintaining mental health issues in the workplace, can avoid negative impacts on their business occurring.

Often basic changes in the workplace can help support individuals suffering from health issues and businesses can support them to thrive in their role appose to their role becoming a further strain on them.

It is also important for business owners to fully understand the employment law regarding mental health issues and how managing the situation in the workplace should be handled.

This workshop will cover:

• Workplace practice that promotes and maintains good mental health
• What an ideal workplace would offer
• What you can be doing to manage mental health in the workplace
• What else you might want to consider to better manage mental health
• The duty to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled employee
• Sickness absence management
• Managing performance and conduct issues
• When dismissal may be appropriate

Who is this workshop for?

This workshop is for business owners, managers or HR professionals looking for ways to better manage and maintain mental health issues in the workplace and fully understand the employment law around mental health.

What are the benefits to my business?

Each delegate will have a chance to reflect on their own workplace, and how they may differ from others and, importantly, how they can introduce practices to create a more supportive environment for individuals suffering from mental health.

Delegates will also be made fully aware of the laws surrounding mental health and how these can be managed and maintained in the business.

Who is leading this workshop?

Tom Bernard has 9 years experience and expertise in handling a wide range of employment matters from wage and holiday pay claims to Unfair Dismissal claims to discrimination, TUPE and whistle blowing matters – acting for both individuals and businesses. Tom deals with all employment issues from general advice, grievances and appeals to Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal cases. Tom currently works for Howells Solicitors as a Senior Solicitor in their employment department.

For further information and details of how to register, please follow the link provided.