Mental Health In The Workplace

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Employers lose $44 billion a year in lost productivity due to mental health disorders. 1 in 5 adults experience mental illness in the US. Yet, we don't take enough time to understand mental illness and how it affects our workplaces.

This webinar will provide expert content from Emily Blomme, Chief Executive Officer of Foundation 2 Crisis Services and Mark Hudson Senior Vice President of Shuttleworth & Ingersoll. The webinar will discuss the tools and tactics employers can use to better respond to mental health issues in the workplace.

Our presenters will help you navigate the challenges related to privacy and discrimination, safety concerns, and the interactive process to provide reasonable accommodations.

Speaker Bios:

Mark P.A. Hudson is an Attorney and Senior Vice President at Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C.​ Mark's work focuses on labor and employment compliance and counseling (including personnel policies and decisions, workplace investigations, affirmative action program compliance, wage and hour advice, and general employment counseling), labor and employment litigation (including equal opportunity, wrongful discharge, discrimination, sexual harassment and defense of employment-related claims), workplace training (including sexual harassment, workplace civility, bystander intervention, and a myriad of other training topics for supervisor, employee, and human resource professionals), privacy and data security compliance and litigation, and fair housing litigation and compliance.

Emily Blomme joined Foundation 2 as Chief Executive Officer in 2015.  She is passionate about improving the quality of life in others and is a firm believer that all people are capable of change. Emily has a Bachelor of Science degree in human development and family studies from Colorado State University.  For the last two decades, much of her work has been in the area of crisis response and youth and family services. She currently serves on the steering committee for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, is on the Board for The Iowa Coalition for Family and Children’s Services in Iowa and is an accreditation site examiner for the American Association of Suicidology. She is a graduate of Leadership for Five Seasons and a 2015 CBJ Forty under 40 honoree.  In 2019, Emily was recognized as a CBJ Women of Influence and honored as a Waypoint Women of Achievement.  Emily lives in Cedar Rapids with her husband Jeremy; they have three adult children. She is an avid backpacker and is always looking for the next adventure!