Cancer the Workplace Understanding Your Legal Protections
Event Date
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ET
Presented in Collaboration with:
- Advanced Practitioner Society for Hematology and Oncology (APSHO)
- American Cancer Society
- American Psychosocial Oncology Society
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- Association for Molecular Pathology
- Black Womens Health Imperative
- Cancer Justice
- Caregiver Action Network
- Intercultural Cancer Council
- Joe's House
- The LGBT Cancer Project
- National Center for Frontier Communities
- Cancer Nation
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) NCCN Guidelines for Patients
- NeedyMeds
- Prevent Cancer Foundation
- Redes en Acción The National Latino Cancer Research Network
- Research Advocacy Network
- Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation
This activity is supported by Evernorth Health Services. CancerCare’s application for continuing education credits for this program is supported by the Diana Napoli Fund.
Topics Covered
- 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, Including Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) & Intermittent FMLA
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) State & Local Laws
- Disclosure & Communication with Human Resources, Supervisors & Co-Workers
- Solutions to Address Workplace Challenges
- COBRA – Continuation of Insurance Benefits If Employment Ends
- Disability – Short Term, Long Term, Social Security Disability (SSD) & Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- Tips for Creating a Plan to Continue Working
- The Importance of Self Advocacy
- Questions for Our Panel of Expert
Facilitators
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Continuing Education Credits
Live Only
Social Workers: This program has been submitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, an approved provider through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, provider #CS4607, for 1.0 Contact Hour.
CancerCare, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0088. This workshop is approved for 1.0 Contact Hour.
Registered Dietitians: This program has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration for one Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU).
To request continuing education paperwork, please email your name, profession and address to [email protected] after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed and submitted within two weeks of the live program.