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
• Disclosure & Communication with Human Resources, Supervisors, and Co-Workers
• Solutions to Address Workplace Challenges
• Tips to Creating a Plan to Continue Working
• COBRA
• Disability – Short Term, Long Term, SSD, SSI
• The Importance of Self-Advocacy
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Stewart B. Fleishman, MD

Former Founding Director, Cancer Support Services, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, Author, Researcher in Oncology

Debra J. Wolf, Esq.

Senior Supervising Attorney, LegalHealth, New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)

Carolyn Messner, DSW, BCD, FAPOS, FAOSW

Director of Education and Training, CancerCare

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Workshop Date

This workshop was originally recorded on May 29, 2019.