Beacon Occupational Health

Men's Health Week
2019-06-11 08:00 - 2019-06-17 17:00 UTC | IN
Each year Men’s Health Week becomes bigger and more well-known, so if you’re a man that wants to do more, or a woman that wants to inform a man you love about it, then get spreading the word!

Women's Health Week
2019-05-13 08:00 - 2019-05-19 17:00 | IN
During National Women’s Health Week each year, millions of women take steps to improve their health. The week serves as a reminder for women to make their health a priority and build positive health habits for life.

American Diabetes Day
2019-03-24 08:00 - 17:00 | IN
Know your numbers!
Diabetes is a condition caused when your body is unable to produce enough, or any, insulin, which causes elevated levels of glucose in the blood. If left untreated, it can cause very serious complications, including heart disease, and kidney, eye and nerve damage.

Are Recent Developments Causing Your Drug Policies To Go Up In Smoke?
2019-02-28 14:30 - 17:00 | Pfiel Innovation Center, 420 N Niles Ave, South Bend, IN, 46617, United States
How does a brain on drugs effect your workplace? Hear from a doctor and employment lawyers about the medical effects of cannabis, along with how to apply drug policies in the age of cannabis in the workplace and opioid abuse, during this informative seminar.
Janilyn Daub and Michael Palmer, Barnes & Thornburg
Michigan voters decided to legalize the recreational use of marijuana during last November’s election. Michigan was the ninth state to legalize marijuana and now more than half of the 50 states permit some form of medical marijuana use, while others are contemplating CBD-product laws.
This mismatch of laws, coupled with federal law that still criminalizes marijuana, leaves many employers wondering what they can prohibit and test for in the workplace. For example, if an employee engages in legal drug use off-the-clock, can the employer with a zero-tolerance policy still discipline or terminate the employee who fails a drug test?
What are an employer’s rights and obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act when disciplining employees for behavior stemming from their addictions? Do employers have an obligation to allow employees time off to attend drug addiction counseling?
During this seminar, we will help analyze the choices employers face from the patchwork of marijuana laws, the opioid crisis, and other employee drug and alcohol issues, and discuss best practices and policy approaches that flow from them.
Topics to be covered include:

How Michigan’s and other states’ laws legalizing recreational or medical marijuana impact your policies and practices
How the opioid crisis and other common employee drug and alcohol use impact your policies and practices
How to detect employee drug use
Practical advice for policies and practices to address this issue

Medical Effects of Cannabis
Dr. Suhyal Nasr, Beacon Health System
Dr. Nasr will cover information as it relates to the brain’s natural receptors for cannabis and why excessive use is problem. Dr. Nasr will also share information on how to detect cannabis and the affects it has on the brain.

Wear Red Day
2019-02-02 | IN
MAKE A LIFE-SAVING FASHION STATEMENT BY WEARING RED
National Wear Red Day For Women is a massive national public awareness day the first Friday each February, urging women, people from all walks of life, businesses, towns, schools, the media, buildings and landmarks to “go red” and “glow red” to bring attention to the leading killers of women – heart disease and stroke. On February 2, help us turn Michiana RED and SAVE WOMEN’S LIVES from heart disease and stroke by wearing something red … a red dress, tie, jacket, scarf, hat, blouse or shirt. Go Red For Women and show your commitment to reducing risk, improving health, and saving women’s lives.
