{"id":5003,"date":"2016-06-15T12:47:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T18:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bgs.com\/?p=5003"},"modified":"2016-06-15T12:47:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T18:47:06","slug":"scott-lepak-presenting-on-mental-health-and-addiction-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/15\/scott-lepak-presenting-on-mental-health-and-addiction-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Lepak Presenting on Mental Health and Addiction Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nationally recognized <a href=\"\/\">BGS<\/a> employment law attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/bgs.com\/professional-staff\/attorneys\/lepak-scott-m\/\">Scott Lepak<\/a> is presenting today in St. Cloud today on mental health and addiction issues in the workplace.\u00a0 Speaking at the Advanced Employment Issues conference for the Minnesota Counties Insurance Trust, Scott is providing his perspective and advice on this growing issue in the workplace.\u00a0 \u201cAdvising on mental health and addiction issues in the workplace is a regular part of my practice\u201d, Scott says, \u201cEmployers have become much more adept at dealing with mental health issues since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ada.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Americans with Disabilities Act<\/a> was enacted in 1990.\u201d\u00a0 He added, \u201cWith the nationally recognized opioid problem, employers are now becoming more adept at recognizing issues arising from <a href=\"https:\/\/bgs.com\/employment-law\/medical-cannabis-and-employment-issues-what-employers-need-to-know\/\">the illegal use of drugs<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0 Scott notes that, while the ADA provides protections for individuals who have successfully completed a supervised drug program or are participating in a supervised rehabilitation program, there is an important exception.\u00a0\u00a0 Individuals who currently engage in the illegal use of drugs are specifically excluded from the definition of an individual with a disability when an employer takes action on the basis of their current use.\u00a0 Scott says that successfully navigating between protected status and unprotected conduct is an area where an employer should immediately <a href=\"https:\/\/bgs.com\/areas-of-practice\/employment-law\/\">contact their employment attorney<\/a> when an issue arises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nationally recognized BGS employment law attorney Scott Lepak is presenting today in St. Cloud today on mental health and addiction issues in the workplace.\u00a0 Speaking at the Advanced Employment Issues conference for the Minnesota Counties Insurance Trust, Scott is providing his perspective and advice on this growing issue in the workplace.\u00a0 \u201cAdvising on mental health and addiction issues in the workplace is a regular part of my practice\u201d, Scott says, \u201cEmployers have become much more adept at dealing with mental health issues since the Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted in 1990.\u201d\u00a0 He added, \u201cWith the nationally recognized opioid problem, employers are now becoming more adept at recognizing issues arising from the illegal use of drugs.\u201d\u00a0 Scott notes that, while the ADA provides protections for individuals who have successfully completed a supervised drug program or are participating in a supervised rehabilitation program, there is an important exception.\u00a0\u00a0 Individuals who currently engage in the illegal use of drugs are specifically excluded from the definition of an individual with a disability when an employer takes action on the basis of their current use.\u00a0 Scott says that successfully navigating between protected status and unprotected conduct is an area where an employer should immediately contact their employment attorney when an issue arises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Scott Lepak Presenting on Mental Health and Addiction Issues - Barna, Guzy &amp; 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