The New York Times (8/25, Blum) interviews “experts about ways to potentially ease anxiety as some workers” who have been working from home for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic now “head back to their desks.” The Times adds that “the Americans With Disabilities Act offers protections for workers with physical and mental impairments, and grants” people “the right to ask for a reasonable accommodation if” they “have a mental health condition.” Still, “the word ‘reasonable’ is key, and it can be tricky to identify, said Darcy Gruttadaro, director of the Center for Workplace Mental Health at the American Psychiatric Association Foundation,” but “the more employers can be flexible and really think about reassuring people coming back to the workplace, and being open and communicative and really checking in, they may be able to reduce the high levels of anxiety that many people are experiencing.”
Related Links:
— “Feeling Anxious About Returning to the Office? Here’s What You Can Do. “Dani Blum, The New York Times, August 25, 2021