Supporting the Whole Employee: When Mental Health and Leave Intersect

From burnout and anxiety to caregiving strain and chronic conditions, employees are facing more personal and complex life disruptions than ever before. As a result, HR leaders are seeing a rise in leave and accommodation requests that include a mental health component, even when the request itself isn’t labeled that way. In this session, AbsenceSoft and Spring Health explore how HR teams can meet these moments with clarity, compassion, and compliance. We’ll share how specialized mental health support and modern leave and accommodations technology can work together to reduce administrative burden, close communication gaps, and help employees access support faster, while still staying compliant.

Attendees will learn:

• What’s driving the overlap between mental health, leave, and accommodations under the FMLA, the ADA, and the PWFA
• How to create a more connected employee experience across benefits, leave, and support services
• Strategies for responding to mental health-related leave with clarity and confidence
• Ways to streamline case management, automate compliance steps, and support return to work after leave