Slide 1
Making a migraine-friendly office
It’s not simple to do your job with a migraine, however there are stuff you and your employer can do to assist. Right here’s ask for what you want when coping with migraine assaults at work.
Slide 2
Know your rights
Migraine assaults which have a severe impression in your capability to perform at work might qualify as a incapacity beneath the Individuals with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA affords authorized office safety for individuals with disabilities.
Slide 3
Ask for office lodging
Below the ADA, individuals who get disabling migraines can ask for “affordable” lodging at work. These would possibly embrace:
-
Desk lamps as a substitute of shiny overhead lights
-
Unscented merchandise in worker bogs
-
Headphones to dam out noise
-
Schedule modifications
Slide 4
Ask your employer for a versatile schedule
A versatile schedule enables you to prioritize your well being if you find yourself experiencing a migraine assault. Schedule flexibility would possibly appear to be:
Slide 5
Discuss time without work
Verify in with HR about office insurance policies for paid time without work and taking a go away of absence. If you already know you’ll want to depart work for normal appointments with a healthcare supplier (HCP), you’ll be able to let HR know.
Slide 6
Talk about incapacity
Your employer might supply short-term or long-term incapacity insurance coverage, and the federal authorities affords advantages by the Social Safety Incapacity Insurance coverage (SSDI) program.
Whether or not your migraine illness is a incapacity is determined on a case-by-case foundation. You possibly can work with HR and your HCP to see should you qualify.
Slide 7
Inventory your workspace
Ensure you have drugs and anything you would possibly want, like chilly compresses or sun shades, shut at hand so that you’ll be ready when you have a migraine assault at work.
Slide 8
Share your story
Until you’ve skilled a migraine assault, it’s exhausting to grasp how debilitating they are often. In the event you’re comfy speaking to coworkers about your migraine expertise, share your story.
Elevating consciousness about migraine illness may help construct empathy and provides coworkers perception into how they will help you.
Slide 9
Know you’re not alone
There isn’t any disgrace in struggling to do your job if you find yourself experiencing a migraine assault. Greater than 9 out of 10 individuals with migraine illness aren’t capable of work or perform usually throughout an assault.
Slide 10
For extra data
To be taught extra about migraine illness and the best way it impacts your life at work (and all over the place else), go to:
This academic useful resource was created with help from Pfizer.
Add Comment