Cancer & the Workplace: Understanding Your Legal Protections

Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Eastern Time

Registrants can listen in live over the phone or online as a webcast.

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

Our Panel of Experts

Sylvia Richey, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Medical Oncology/Hematology, West Cancer Center and Research Institute

Debra J. Wolf, Esq.

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

Kathleen Nugent, MSW

Senior Director of Regional Programs, CancerCare

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 connect@cancercare.org after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed and submitted within two weeks of the live program.

Brochure

You can download the brochure for this workshop