C11 – Cognitive Testing in the Workplace (2025CLC-C11)

Friday, June 13, 2025

2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

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Workplace Track

Presented by the Labor and Employment Law Section

About the Program

Three interrelated trends are leading to cognitive decline becoming a workplace concern: (1) The American population is aging; as people age they are more likely to develop dementia; (2) many older individuals are postponing retirement and working longer, and (3) cognitive testing and other diagnostic devices have developed which enable clinicians to detect dementia or indicators that dementia may develop. This program will examine those trends and the increase in employers and insurers utilizing those diagnostic tools in their workplaces.

You Will Learn

About potential issues raised by cognitive testing under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, The Americans with Disabilities Act, the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act and ERISA 
About the leading case in the U.S. involving cognitive testing, which is pending in the U.S. District Court in CT, in EEOC v. Yale New Haven Hospital 
About the diagnostic tools available and their accuracy  
About the prevalence of cognitive decline for individuals over 65

Who Should Attend

Labor and employment, healthcare and ERISA attorneys.

Credit

CT: 1.5 CLE Credits (General)
NY: 1.5 CLE Credits (AOP)

The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for newly admitted and experienced attorneys CLE credits.

Attorneys seeking NY CLE credit who have been admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less must attend the live seminar for skills or ethics credit, a fully interactive videoconference, or simultaneous transmission with synchronous interactivity. Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias CLE credits are only available as non-transitional credits. For further information please see the NYCourts.gov page on CLE: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/index.shtml. 

Speaker

Gary Phelan1 Gary E. Phelan
Mitchell & Sheahan PC, Stratford