Employee health and wellness programmes and policies – are they essential or just nice to have?

Lifestyle worker-related diseases such as malnutrition and underdevelopment, heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure in emerging countries are increasingly placing a heavy financial burden on employers. With ageing workers set to suffer from more of these diseases, the problem will only get worse:

• What are (and should) employers be doing to address this?
• What accommodations should employers implement for affected employees?
• How to interpret the Advocate General of the EU’s recent comments that morbid obesity could be a form of disability?
• Are employers facing new risks? If so, how these risks should be mitigated?
• How to interpret the Advocate General of the EU’s recent comments that morbid obesity could be a form of disability?
  • Are obesity policies required?
  • Are employers facing new risks? If so, how these risks should be mitigated?
• How to develop workplace policies and best practices on health, nutrition and wellness programmes for employees.

Moderators

• Philip Berkowitz, Shareholder, Littler Mendelson
• Olivier Kress, Partner, Flichy Grangé Avocats, Paris

Speakers

• Raffaella Betti Berutto, Partner, Gianni Origoni Grippo, Rome
• Regina Glaser, Lawyer, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Düsseldorf
• Veronica Raffo, Partner, Ferrere, Montevideo

Program: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Location:
Parco dei Principi Grand Hotel
Via G Fresobaldi 5
00198 Rome Italy

Questions? Email Stephanie Waller at stephanie.waller@int-bar.org