Covid and the Employer: The Impact on Health and Safety

Join Mercer expert, Dr. Mary Kay O’Neill, as she discusses what employers should be thinking about in regards to Covid – the vaccine rollout, safety in the workplace, health issues, etc.

She will cover some of the following issues:

• Is the vaccine effective and is it safe?
• How much vaccine is available and how is the supply being managed?
• What will it take for us to get back to some version of normal?
• Employer issues such as benefits, onsite vacine programs, vaccine mandates, incentives, education and promotion
• Issues involving travel
  

• SHRM CE credit pending •

Mary Kay O’Neill, Senior Clinical Advisor for Mercer Health & Benefits, will focus on the health issues arising in the workforce, how to run a safe workplace and the employer’s role in the Covid vaccine rollout.

Mary Kay leverages her clinical strategy and operations experience to drive Mercer’s value-based care initiatives and provide strategic advice and health care data analysis for Mercer clients. She is a Partner in the Seattle office and is part of the Total Health Management practice.

She graduated from the University of Washington, where she earned an MBA, an MD, and a BS in Biology.  Mary Kay has more than 30 years of health care experience.

She currently participates in the following committees:

• Washington State Innovation Grant Health Performance Measures Committee
• Agency Medical Directors Opioid Advisory Committee
• Governor’s Bree Collaborative
• Washington Vaccine Association, Board of Directors, Vice Chair Vaccine Committee