Technology Is Changing Leave Management and ADA Accommodations By Marjory Robertson, JD AVP, Senior Counsel Sun Life Financial By Abigail O’Connell, JD Senior Counsel Sun Life Financial The rapid evolution … Read More
The Disabled Workforce: Disability and Discipline
Disability and Discipline: A Case Study By Rachel Shaw, JD CEO and Principal Shaw HR Consulting Employee discipline and disability can be complicated issues, and even more so when they … Read More
Accommodations Best Practice Guide: Medical Information
Bright (or Blurred) Lines for Medical Information By Roberta Etcheverry, CPDM CEO Diversified Management Group When considering reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities, the core issue is assessing how the … Read More
Compliance Memos: November 2018
FMLA Leave for Chronic Conditions Requires Ongoing Care Employers often assume an employee is receiving medical care and seldom review the frequency of physician visits when granting Family and Medical … Read More
California Expands Upon Lactation Accommodation Requirements
California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 1976, expanding California employer obligations respective to employee lactation accommodation.
Absence Matters: Managing an Aging Workforce
Insightful Strategies for Managing and Accommodating an Aging Workforce By Bryon Bass SVP, Disability and Absence Practice & Compliance Sedgwick Advances in public health and medicine are enabling Americans to … Read More
Accommodations Best Practice Guide: What Is Reasonable?
What Is a “Reasonable” Accommodation? By Roberta Etcheverry, CPDM CEO Diversified Management Group When employers consider accommodations for disabled employees, their first question for us is usually “what is and … Read More
Aligning Workers’ Compensation: Coordinating ADAAA Compliance
Coordinating ADAAA Compliance for All RTW and Workplace Accommodations By Gary Anderberg, PhD SVP Claim Analytics Gallagher Bassett The Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) applies equally to all … Read More
The CEO’s Desk: Respond, Interact, Manage & Document
Handling Accommodation Requests: Respond, Interact, Manage & Document By Terri L. Rhodes, CLMS, CCMP, CPDM, MBA CEO DMEC Welcome to Autumn! The temperatures are cooling, kids are back in school, … Read More
ADA Leave Compliance: Are You Sure Your House Is in Order?
ADA Leave Compliance: Are You Sure Your House Is in Order? By Lori Welty, JD Compliance Attorney ReedGroup Disability accommodations required under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) include a … Read More
Accommodations Best Practice Guide: Resources for an Easier Process
Resources for an Easier, More Effective Accommodation Process By Roberta Etcheverry, CPDM CEO Diversified Management Group For a new absence management professional, the first encounter with an accommodation request might … Read More
7th Circuit Court Case Addresses Leaves as ADA Accommodations
A recent court case addressed the question of whether a leave of absence can be a reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The case is Severson v. … Read More
Program Showcase: Mobile Accommodation Solution
Accommodation: There’s an App for That! A Mobile Accommodation Solution (MAS) application, developed by the Center for Disability Inclusion (CDI) in partnership with IBM and the Job Accommodation Network (JAN), … Read More
The ADA Is Your Organization’s Integration Driver and Partner
Once considered an “ignored step-child”, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has risen to star status as integrated absence management (IAM) has evolved. Whether your organization has a vision of … Read More
Ask the Accommodation Experts: Overly Generous Accommodations
The Downside of Overly Generous Accommodations By Jenny Haykin, MA, CRC Integrated Leaves & Accommodations Puget Sound Energy By Tom Sproger, MS, CEAS-II Ergonomics Consultant Solutions Northwest Inc. A human … Read More
Absence Matters: Managing the Interactive Process
Managing the Interactive Process Under the Americans with Disabilities Act By Bryon Bass SVP, Disability and Absence Practice & Compliance Sedgwick Today, employers must comply with federal, state, city, and … Read More
Untangling the ADA, FMLA, WC Web: Transitional RTW
Best Practice #4: Hardwiring the Interactive Process Through Transitional RTW By Matthew Bahl, JD Director, Health & Productivity Analytics Prudential Group Insurance By Kristin Tugman, PhD VP Health & Productivity … Read More
Piecing Together the Integration Puzzle: ADA Case Study
How the ADA Reminds Us to Do the Right Thing By Linda Croushore, MEd Sr. Director, Disability Services WorkPartners The Americans with Disability Act (ADA) is a law that, as … Read More
The CEO’s Desk: The ADA Revisited
By Terri Rhodes, MBA, CPDM, CCMP CEO DMEC Do you find the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) constantly climbing higher on your “to do yesterday” list? You are not alone. … Read More
September 2017: State and Local Law Update
One of the most difficult things for human resource and absence management professionals to do is to keep up with changing state and local laws. Below is a brief summary … Read More