Cancer and The Workplace: Understanding Your Legal Protections

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Topics Covered

• Understanding the Meaning of Work
• Talking with Your Health Care Team about Work
• Managing Your Cancer Treatments While Working
• Understanding Your Legal Protections in the Workplace
• ADA, FMLA & Intermittent FMLA, EEOC, & State & Local Laws
• Disclosure & Communication with Human Resources, Supervisor & Co-Workers
• Solutions to Address Workplace Challenges
• Tips for Creating a Plan to Continue Working
• COBRA
• Disability – Short Term, Long Term, Social Security Disability (SSD) & SSI
• The Importance of Self-Advocacy
• Solutions to Address Workplace Challenges
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Richard J. Gralla, MD, FACP, FRCP Edin

Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center

Nina Pejoves Gorman, Esq.

Supervising Attorney, Legal Health, New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)

Kathleen Nugent, MSW

Director of Regional Programs, CancerCare

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Workshop Date

This workshop was originally recorded on March 25, 2020.